Her husband was getting arrested, so like anyone else with a cellphone, she turned on her camera and began recording the arrest when the two white officers in Jacksonville Florida, suddenly became afraid for their lives and decided to attack…
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Buzzfeed is reporting that an independent investigation by the Civilian Complaint and Review Board found that the the New York Police Department officer who mistakenly arrested James Blake last month used excessive force during the takedown. “I appreciate the efforts…
In an interview with the New York Daily News, the retired Tennis star James Blake, said that the officer who tackled him while he was standing outside a hotel waiting for a ride to the U.S Open, does not deserve…
No award is going to bring back Freddie Gray, but $6.4 million is a step in the right direction. The deal, announced Tuesday, appeared to be among the largest settlements in police death cases in recent years and happened just…
Someone reported the man was waving sticks around, so San Francisco cops descended on the man with one leg and held him down for 30 minutes according to an eye witness. The “sticks” turned out to be the man’s crutches….
Remember the halcyon days of 2009, when the country was embroiled in the first racial controversy of the brand new Obama presidency? You know, when the Cambridge, Massachusetts police thought that the world-renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was…
Since Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley felt the need to apologize for saying “black lives matter, white lives matter, all lives matter” when confronted by a group from the “BlackLivesMatter” movement, his apology has caused much talk and headlines. Jeb Bush…
She was pulled over for allegedly changing lanes without using her signals. She ended up dead in police custody a couple days later. Face with mounting pressure from the community, Texas police finally released the dashcam video showing the arrest…
Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old woman was pulled over by Texas police last Friday, July 10th and arrested. She was taken to jail and by Monday, she was found dead in her cell. Police is calling her death a suicide. Those who…
The video below shows a police officer in Harlem attempting an arrest on a man because the man had what a witness called a “pen knife!” The incident happened around 3:15 p.m. on Frederick Douglass Blvd. at W. 129th St. last…
According to the recording, the two police officers suspected two teenage girls of “pushing a button.” It wasn’t explained what button was pushed, but at some street corners here in New York, people are allowed to push a button when…
This is not a win for anybody. This is just a starting point in holding those who use the badge to kill others accountable for their actions. In other words, this is justice. You kill someone, let a judge and…