Eric Adams: New Yorker, A Black Man, A Politician, and A Former Cop Stop the protests BED-STUY, Brooklyn (PIX11) – Speaking at a makeshift memorial at the scene where two NYPD officers were assassinated, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams for Eric Garner protesters to hold off on future[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Police Abuse’
December 21st, 2014 - 11:46 am § in Misc.
Don’t let Republicans and cop unions politicize police deaths!
Ex-New York governor George Pataki, a Republican, and Patrick Lynch, head of a New York City police union, launched into finger-pointing today by blaming yesterday’s assassination of two NYPD police officers by a deranged ex-felon on President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, Mayor Bill de[...]
December 20th, 2014 - 10:59 pm § in Misc.
San Francisco deputy charged with assaulting ER patient
This is about as outrageous an example of police abuse of a citizen as you’ll find anywhere. A San Francisco sheriff’s deputy has been arrested and charged with 4 felonies and 1 count of misdemeanor battery for allegedly attacking an emergency room patient and then lying about the incide[...]
December 19th, 2014 - 9:41 am § in Misc.
Would you wear this police t-shirt?
What we wear often tells the world who we are and what we stand for. This police t-shirt seems to imply, “If I decide you’re breaking the law, you’re going to have trouble breathing.” No word, though, from the cop hawking these t-shirts as to what he thinks should happen to c[...]
December 18th, 2014 - 5:17 pm § in Uncategorized
NJ police charge armless man with gun possession. Yeah, he’s black.
A young black man who has no use of his arms because of a spinal cord injury has been held in a New Jersey jail since August after police stopped the car he was riding in and found a stolen handgun and prescription bottle of codeine. Because none of other occupants of the car admitted […][...]
December 16th, 2014 - 8:40 pm § in Misc.
Police chief apologizes to elderly man brutalized by thug cop
The police chief of Victoria, Texas, has personally apologized to Pete Vasquez, 76, after a rookie cop threw Vasquez to the ground, handcuffed him, and tased him for disputing the cop’s attempt to cite him for an expired inspection sticker. Last Thursday, Vasquez was driving a car with dealer [...]
December 16th, 2014 - 6:39 pm § in Misc.
Why should an NFL player apologize for wearing a ‘Justice for Tamir Rice’ t-shirt when police won’t apologize for killing Tamir Rice?
“The head of the Cleveland Police Union is demanding an apology after Cleveland Browns wide receiver Andrew Hawkins wore a shirt before Sunday’s game that read, ‘Justice for Tamir Rice – John Crawford.'” http://www.si.com/nfl/2014/12/14/cleveland-police-union-demands-[...]
December 16th, 2014 - 1:37 pm § in America
Will anything change now?
I’m cautiously optimistic. The racist culture of St. Louis County is under siege, and St. Louis County isn’t going to be the same. The old festering sore of police brutality, a nationwide problem, is receiving renewed scrutiny. The changes may not be as extensive or immediate as we’d like [...]
December 14th, 2014 - 9:52 pm § in Misc.
Cops bullied girlfriend of Ohio WalMart police shooting victim
On August 5, 2014, a 22-year-old African-American man named John Crawford III was killed by police in a Dayton, Ohio, WalMart store. Another customer had called 911 and reported a man was “waving” a gun and “pointing” it at customers. Surveillance video and eyewitnesses don&#[...]
December 9th, 2014 - 2:09 pm § in America
What happens when a white guy refuses to put down a gun, refuses to identify himself, argues with the police, cusses the police, flips off the police, and refuses to comply with police orders?
Nothing. (Source: Daily Kos)[...]