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Posts Tagged ‘Police Abuse’
May 1st, 2015 - 5:13 pm § in Misc.
The accused cops
Photos: Left, Officer Ceasar Gooding Jr., 45, the van driver, is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter, second-degree assault, two vehicular manslaughter charges and misconduct in office; right, Officer William Porter, 25, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault, a[...]
May 1st, 2015 - 1:57 pm § in Misc.
A brief history of Baltimore paddywagon mayhem
It’s now clear that Freddie Gray was “taken for a ride” by Baltimore cops, and didn’t survive the experience. The practice is so common there are multiple slang terms for it: “Rough ride,” “wild ride,” “bringing them up front,” “scre[...]
May 1st, 2015 - 8:50 am § in Uncategorized
Baltimore D.A.’s press conference
https://youtu.be/gmMoH7Vy_CM[...]
May 1st, 2015 - 8:28 am § in Uncategorized
Baltimore D.A. charges all 6 cops in Freddie Gray arrest; charges against 1 cop include 2nd degree murder
Baltimore’s newly-elected prosecutor, Marilyn Mosby, a black woman from a family of police officers, announced she is filing criminal charges against all 6 police officers involved in Freddie Gray’s arrest this morning. At least 1 of the officers is charged with second-degree murder. Arr[...]
April 30th, 2015 - 1:38 pm § in Uncategorized
Cops: Freddie Gray killed himself
Baltimore, despite having a black mayor and a black police commissioner, is one of America’s worst-run cities and has one of the country’s most notoriously corrupt and abusive police departments. This week’s Baltimore riots — which pitted rock-throwing kids against riot polic[...]
April 29th, 2015 - 3:04 pm § in Misc.
DA who charged killer cops receives threats — from cops
“Bernalillo County District Attorney Kari Brandenburg fears for her safety because of her decision to charge two Albuquerque police officers with murder in the fatal shooting of homeless camper James Boyd last year, she told ABQ Free Press. … ‘I fear for my safety because other Alb[...]
April 29th, 2015 - 2:08 pm § in Uncategorized
When a violent state preaches nonviolence, will anyone listen?
“When nonviolence is preached as an attempt to evade the repercussions of political brutality, it betrays itself. When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with the aggressor calling time out, it exposes itself [...]
April 28th, 2015 - 9:26 am § in Uncategorized
South Carolina cops get prison for taser abuse of black woman
Two South Carolina ex-cops were sentenced to prison yesterday by a federal judge for using a mentally disabled black woman as taser target practice, ABC News reported yesterday. They previously were fired from the Marion police force, a town of about 7,000 people in the northeast corner of the state[...]