All this guy was doing when cops stopped him was riding a bicycle. (And wearing a hoodie, which the cops said “fits the profile.”) All he did after they stopped him was try to call his sister on his cellphone. (Because he thought something bad was going to happen.) What followed was a br[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Police Abuse’
November 11th, 2015 - 5:08 pm § in Uncategorized
We, as a society, simply must stop giving cops a free pass
November 9th, 2015 - 2:37 pm § in Misc.
This cop shooting isn’t even close to being legitimate
“Footage from a police body camera appears to show that the father of a 6-year-old autistic boy had his hands in the air before city marshals opened fire, severely wounding the motorist and killing the boy, CBS News has learned from a law enforcement source.” One angle investigators are [...]
November 1st, 2015 - 12:47 pm § in Misc.
Rogue cops rape people, too
Rogue cops don’t just kill people; cop rape is so prevalent there are support groups scattered across the country for people who have been raped or sodomized by police officers. More than 1,000 cops have lost their badges in the last 6 years for committing rape, sodomy, and other sexual assaul[...]
October 30th, 2015 - 6:11 pm § in Misc.
Hawaii cop punched lesbian tourists for kissing and holding hands
A Hawaiian vacation turned into a nightmare for a lesbian couple from L.A. when a bully cop assaulted and arrested them for displaying affection in public (they kissed and held hands in a grocery store). The women, confused, called police themselves and were on the phone with a dispatcher when the c[...]
October 19th, 2015 - 10:11 am § in Uncategorized
Florida cops silent about why they killed a stranded black motorist
“Police in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida have refused to explain why an officer shot and killed a black man who was reportedly having car trouble over the weekend. According to WPTV, Palm Beach Gardens Police have only said that one of its officers had shot a man at around 3:15 a.m. on a southb[...]
October 14th, 2015 - 9:31 am § in Uncategorized
Jogging while black
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October 8th, 2015 - 9:38 pm § in Uncategorized
Police shooting victim’s family gets $6.5 million
Remember the South Carolina cop who shot a fleeing black man in the back? The city has agreed to pay the victim’s family $6.5 million. The ex-cop, who was fired, is awaiting trial on murder charges. Read the story here. [...]
October 1st, 2015 - 3:11 pm § in Misc.
Trigger-happy cop shoots guy with chapstick
America’s cops are out of control, and something has to be done. Police violence against citizens keep getting more absurd. In Baltimore, a high-ranking cop — a district commander — stopped a guy for no reason and asked him what he had in his pocket. The man said, “a chapstic[...]
September 30th, 2015 - 6:51 pm § in Uncategorized
Update: “Pay to play” cop shooting costs Tulsa sheriff his job
Stanley Glanz, the Oklahoma sheriff at the center of last spring’s controversial killing of a black man by wealthy insurance executive and part-time cop Robert Bates, 73, said through a lawyer that he will resign after being indicted for misconduct by a grand jury that recommended his r[...]
September 30th, 2015 - 2:14 pm § in Uncategorized
Delaware cops kill black man in wheelchair
https://youtu.be/WV7fprd4qcU Last week, white cops in Wilmington, Delaware, killed Jerry McDole, 28, a black man who was a wheelchair-bound paraplegic. The police story is that McDole had a handgun, attempted suicide, and wounded himself; and the cops shot him when he refused to drop the handgun, wh[...]