by Matt Agorist. Derek Cruice was a kind and loving young man who was murdered in cold blood by state agents because he allegedly sold a plant that is legal in five states. In March, a heavily militarized police SWAT team, knowing that Cruice had never been convicted of a crime, descended on his home on Maybrook Drive in Deltona. Police ... MORE
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Showing posts with label violence. Show all posts
Do Badges Grant Special Rights? Cop Shoots Unarmed Marijuana Dealer in Face and Kills Him, Walks Free
by Matt Agorist. Derek Cruice was a kind and loving young man who was murdered in cold blood by state agents because he allegedly sold a plant that is legal in five states. In March, a heavily militarized police SWAT team, knowing that Cruice had never been convicted of a crime, descended on his home on Maybrook Drive in Deltona. Police ... MOREPolice State America 2016: The Case Of An Unarmed Teen Who Flashed His Brights At A Cop And Ended Up Shot Dead
See the video from the police cruiser. The family of an unarmed teenager shot dead by a sheriff's deputy during a Michigan traffic stop in February has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit alleging that the officer's "entire course of action was illegal." The lawsuit, filed Wednesday against Eaton County Sheriff's Sgt. Jonathan Frost and the county, ... MOREShaun King: Police State Torture - Savannah-Style
The cover-up of a man tortured to death in state custody. It is now abundantly clear that Matthew Ajibade was murdered by police
in Savannah, Georgia. For over 10 months, police and prosecutors have
concealed the video evidence of his murder not only from the public, but
from Ajibade's closest friends and family members. His death in ... MOREWhy 'Universal Background Checks' Are A Bad Idea
by Jacob Sullum. Ineffective, unjust, and unenforceable. Senate Democrats plan
to ingratiate themselves with voters by introducing a new package of
gun controls. In a letter to fellow Democrats, Sens. Chuck Schumer
(D-N.Y.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) said they hope gun control
advocacy "will be a rallying point for a public that is ... MOREThe Worst Cases Of Police Brutality In September
by Jess Colarossi. And they talk about a "war on cops." During the first week of September, police killed more civilians than the total number of police officers killed so far this year. By the end of the month, 99 people were killed, according to the Killed By Police database. At least 77 of them were shot and killed. The Guardian reports that 873 people have ... MOREJohn Stossel: The Cult of Victims
People benefit by playing the victim. The world has enough real problems without declaring everyone a "victim." Bill Clinton says Hillary is a victim of a right-wing conspiracy. Lindsay Lohan, when jailed for driving drunk and breaking parole, says she's a victim of cruel and unusual punishment. Michael Sam says his NFL career would have gone ... MORESchool Choice Can Help Quell Urban Violence
by Lewis M. Andrews. What is most remarkable about reports of escalating urban violence across America is that politicians and the media remain just as narrowly focused on police tactics in the aftermath of Ferguson and Baltimore. Even as 2015 murder rates for Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City (Missouri), New Orleans, St. Louis, Washington, DC, ... MORECops Allow Police Dog To Maul Handcuffed Man’s Face
Those who enforce, but do not abide. In a terrifying witness video uploaded to Facebook early Monday morning, Delray Beach police are seen surrounding a handcuffed man and allowing their police dog to maul his face outside a South Florida bar. “I’m usually not the one to post about the police of police brutality, but after what I witness tonight ... MOREVideo Of NYPD Officer's Assault On Tennis Star James Blake
Cops caught in the act of being themselves. Surveillance videotape released by the New York Police Department shows Officer James Frascatore ambushing tennis star James Blake in what appears to be a startling, illegal arrest. Frascatore has been sued four times for excessive force in the past. Missing from the surveillance tape, released on ... MOREWalter E Williams: Attack on Teachers
School violence is going to get worse. As the new school year begins, you might like to be updated on some school happenings that will no doubt be repeated this academic year. After this update, I have some questions one might ask the black leadership. The ongoing and escalating assault on primary- and secondary-school teachers is not a ... MOREMatt Agorist: Stupid Cops Break Into Wrong Home, Shoot Innocent Homeowner, Kill His Dog, Then Shoot Each Other
Another botched home invasion by trigger-happy cops. An almost unbelievable tale of police incompetence comes out of Dekalb County Tuesday after police responded to the wrong home on a burglary call. During the blunder, police officers wrongfully entered a residence as the homeowners, Chris and Leah McKinley and their small child, ... MOREPolice State Update: 61-Year-Old Man Violently Attacked By Police And Arrested For Singing A 'Beach Boys' Song
by Matt Agorist. A 61-year-old Pennsylvania man, Jim Osche likes to go out into public and sing as a means of relieving stress. On Friday, however, Osche’s stress relief would be met with police brutality. As Osche walked down the sidewalk in front of Shula’s Steakhouse in downtown Allentown, the restaurant guests seemed to be pleasantly VIDEO INCLUDED ... MOREGeoff Henley: How U.S. Laws Foster Police Brutality
Unreasonable force is sadly not the question. Pervasive police brutality will persist far longer than the public suspects. Why? The answer is simple: the law allows it. Under Graham v. Connor,
the Supreme Court requires that Fourth Amendment excessive force claims
be analyzed from the officer’s perspective during the incident. Judges
are not ... MORE10 Outrageous Excuses Cops Used To Kill Unarmed People
by Justin Gardner. Informed readers are well aware that US police have the dubious reputation of killing lots of civilians, compared to other countries. The War on Drugs provides much of the basis for this abomination. In four days US police killed as many people as Chinese police did in
2014, and more than five European countries’ ... MORELeonard Pitts Jr: Police Brutality Is Everybody's Problem
Not just a black problem. This will not be a column about Sandra Bland, although it could be. Certainly there is cause for outrage over the way a Texas state trooper escalated the routine traffic stop of an indignant African-American woman into a violent arrest; she died of an apparent jail cell suicide three days later. But Chuck would say that in ... MOREVideo Shows Cop Slamming Handcuffed Teenage Girl Onto Floor, Knocking Her Teeth Out And Causing Head Injuries
Cop defends self from sassy young girl's verbal abuse. Police brutality allegations were prompted when a police officer slammed a teen’s face onto a hospital floor. The young woman suffered significant injuries, including trauma to the head, face, jaw, and teeth. She also sustained concussion, migraine headaches, cognitive and ... MOREPolice Violence Activist Found Dead In Jail Cell After Being Pulled Over For Not Signaling A Lane Change in Texas
by Ed Krayewski. Earlier this month, 28-year-old Sandra Bland was pulled over
for allegedly failing to signal a lane change by a Texas Department of
Public Safety trooper near the Prairie View A&M campus. She had
driven there from her home in Naperville, Illinois, for a new job at her
alma mater. Police accused her of being combative during ... MOREBrad Schrade: Cops Shot Unarmed Georgia Woman In Head, Admired Their Marksmanship & Prevented First Aid After
After all, she was suspected of drug use. At high noon on June 18, 2010, Caroline Small, a petite 35-year-old woman and mother of two, sat behind the wheel of her beat-up Buick Century with nowhere to turn. Police vehicles flanked her on two sides, a shallow ditch was on another and a utility pole blocked her rear bumper. Unarmed but ... MOREAmerica's Out-Of-Control Cop Kill Rate
by Edward Peter Stringham. The police-against-citizen kill rate in the U.S. is more than 145 per 100,000. The overall homicide rate, by way of contrast, is 5 per 100,000. This weekend, police in Long Beach, California shot and killed Feras Morad, a 20 year old college student who was on a balcony and unarmed, and police outside of Tulsa, ... MORE
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