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Posts Tagged ‘Police Abuse’
November 25th, 2014 - 10:37 pm § in Misc.
Colorado man charged with felony for pointing banana at deputies
” A 28-year-old man was arrested near Grand Junction Saturday after allegedly pointing a banana at two deputies and telling them that he thought it would be a ‘funny joke’ to post on YouTube to ‘lighten the holiday spirit.’ … Channing is facing charges of felony [...]
November 24th, 2014 - 7:25 pm § in Misc.
No charges for Ferguson cop in Michael Brown shooting.
The grand jury has spoken. Meanwhile, an attorney argues on CNN that the fix was in from the beginning. http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/24/opinion/reyes-ferguson-grand-jury/index.html?hpt=hp_t2[...]
November 23rd, 2014 - 6:22 pm § in Misc.
What’s Wrong With America’s Cops?
When I was a kid, my brothers and I played “Cowboys and Indians” outdoors with toy guns, and our parents didn’t worry about us being gunned down by a police officer. That has changed. Yesterday, for a Cleveland black family, it changed their lives forever. Their 12-year-old son was[...]
November 23rd, 2014 - 11:54 am § in Misc.
Parents! DON’T Let Your Kids Play Outdoors With Toy Guns!
Because there too many paranoid and trigger-happy cops out there: “The 12-year-old boy wielding what turned out to be a BB gun when he was shot by police outside a Cleveland recreation center died early Sunday morning, a police union official confirmed. … The shooting came after a man [...]
November 21st, 2014 - 8:34 pm § in Uncategorized
Judge Frees 2 Innocent Black Men After 40 Years In Ohio Prison
An Ohio judge today freed two black men who’ve spent 40 years behind bars for a murder they didn’t commit. They were convicted and sentenced to death on nothing more than the coerced testimony of a 12-year-old boy who merely repeated rumors he’d heard to police. The cops told him t[...]
November 21st, 2014 - 2:19 pm § in Misc.
Rookie Cop Kills Innocent Citizen; Police Call It ‘Accident’
“Authorities say an unarmed 28-year-old man coming out of his girlfriend’s Brooklyn apartment was fatally shot by a rookie cop in a ‘dimly lit stairwell’ in what was likely an accident. Police Commissioner William Bratton says the officer appears to have fired accidentally. O[...]
November 18th, 2014 - 8:45 pm § in Misc.
Ferguson jail guard sued for raping woman arrested for expired car tags
It’s an old story in Ferguson, Missouri. A female worker, dressed in nursing scrubs, is driving to work when she’s pulled over for expired tags she couldn’t afford to renew. She gives the cop a phony name because she has warrants for fines she couldn’t afford to pay to Fergus[...]
November 17th, 2014 - 2:29 pm § in Misc.
Missouri National Guard Called Up
“Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard in advance of a grand jury decision about whether a white police officer will be charged in the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson.” — CBS News Maybe [...]
November 15th, 2014 - 3:50 pm § in Misc.
What Citizens Don’t Understand About Police Use Of Force
The press is eagerly awaiting the Michael Brown grand jury decision, because whichever way it goes, it’ll be a good story. If Officer Darren Wilson is indicted, there’s the best trial since George Zimmerman to look forward to; and if he isn’t, there’ll be protests and maybe r[...]