“A black security guard was shot dead by a police officer as he held down a suspect in a shooting at the bar where he worked. Jemel Roberson, 26, was working early Sunday … when a patron who … had been kicked out returned with a gun … and opened fire …. Several people [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Police Brutality’
June 5th, 2018 - 1:30 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Fox News caught faking Philadelphia Eagles “protests” that never happened
“Fox News apologized Tuesday after receiving a torrent of criticism over the network’s use of photos of various players for the Philadelphia Eagles kneeling in prayer, creating the misleading impression that they were demonstrating during the national anthem.” — CNN A Fox New[...]
January 18th, 2018 - 5:20 pm § in Misc.
Cop kills 16-year-old in courtroom. It appears to be justified.
A 16-year-old boy was killed in an Ohio juvenile courtroom Wednesday by an apparently justified police shooting. The victim, Joseph Haynes, who went by the nickname “Joey Fuzz,” attacked a sheriff’s deputy and was shot during the ensuing struggle. Haynes was not a little boy (see p[...]
December 30th, 2017 - 1:28 pm § in Misc.
Prank 911 call leads to police killing innocent man
A 28-year-old man was killed at his Wichita home Thursday by a SWAT team responding to a prankster’s call about a hostage situation at the home. The victim wasn’t armed, and was shot when a cop with an itchy trigger finger thought he was reaching for his waistband, even though no weapon [...]
December 16th, 2017 - 1:28 pm § in Misc.
Police were looking for a 40-year-old white woman. This is who they arrested at gunpoint, handcuffed, and threw into a police car.
An 11-year-old black girl. Read the incredible story here. [...]
December 8th, 2017 - 9:46 am § in Misc.
The judge wouldn’t let the jury see this (nsfw)
This is the AR-15 that Mesa, AZ, police officer Philip Brailsford used to kill Daniel Shaver in a motel corridor. The judge ruled the jury couldn’t see what Brailsford had pasted on his weapon because it would be “too prejudicial,” i.e., it might inflame the jury. Yesterday, a jury[...]
May 25th, 2015 - 1:16 pm § in Uncategorized
How can cops be so terribly wrong, yet not go to jail?
A car backfires, but cops think they hear a gunshot aimed at them, chase the car down, and fire 137 bullets into it. The two people inside, including a totally innocent female passenger, end up dead — each shot more than 20 times. Michael Brelo, the cop who jumped up on the car’s hood af[...]
January 23rd, 2015 - 12:03 am § in Uncategorized
White cop pushes black man in wheelchair off curb into street
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January 22nd, 2015 - 12:04 am § in America
NYPD union boss in denial after poll gives him 17% approval rating
“Just days after a poll was released showing that Pat Lynch, spokesperson for the largest police union in New York City, has a 17 percent approval rating, he has hilariously backed off the central tenet of his demands from Mayor de Blasio—an apology—claiming it was never really what he wa[...]
December 23rd, 2014 - 2:41 pm § in Misc.
Where was the GOP’s outrage when Cliven Bundy thugs killed 2 cops?
Remember the two cops murdered last summer by a pair of rightwing Bundy followers? Didn’t think so. To be honest, I’d all but forgotten about it, too. That story made headlines for a couple days, then dropped from sight, and you’ve heard nothing more about it, because Republicans h[...]