Police Brutality

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Seattle Cop Brad Richardson Caught Threatening to Make Up Evidence Against Josh Lawson & Christopher Franklin, Black Men Brutalized and Wrongfully Arrested

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‘Douche du Jour’: Off-Duty Sheriff’s Deputy Craig French Allegedly Pulls Gun on Nicole Thurmond, Nine Months Pregnant, in Oswego, Illinois Walmart over Too Many Express Lane Items

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Henderson, Nevada City Council Awards Adam Greene, Brutally Beaten by Cops While in Diabetic Shock, $158,500
A Nevada man whose diabetic shock was misinterpreted by police as drunk driving and who was subsequently brutally beaten has been awarded $158,500 by local officials, plus additional money from ...
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Ramarley Graham, Unarmed Black Teen, Shot Dead by NYPD in Front of his Mother
An unarmed black teenager was shot dead in his home in front of his mother by a New York City cop. The New York Daily News reports that officers from the ...
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Video: NYPD Officers Brutally Beat Teen Drug Suspect Jatiek Reed
Four New York Police Department officers have been pulled from street duty after video of them brutally beating a teenage drug suspect surfaced online. According to the New York Times, the ...
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400 “Domestic Terrorists,” Including at least 6 Journalists, Arrested at Occupy Oakland Protest; Widespread Police Brutality Observed
Nearly 400 people, including at least half a dozen journalists, were arrested in Oakland on Saturday as an 'Occupy' demonstration that began peacefully in the morning deteriorated into clashes between ...
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U.S. Plunges 27 Places to 47th in Reporters Without Borders’ 2011 Worldwide Press Freedom Rankings; Police Abuse of Journalists Covering ‘Occupy’ Movement Cited
Freedom of the press. It's one of the very pillars that support the edifice of any healthy democracy. It is so important that it is enshrined in the First Amendment ...
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East Haven, Connecticut Mayor Joseph Maturo’s Hispanic Outreach Plan: “I Might Have Tacos”
On Tuesday, four East Haven, Connecticut police officers were arrested by federal agents after years of abuse against the town's Hispanic population. Officers Dennis Spaulding, David Cari, Jason Zullo and ...
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East Haven, Connecticut Cops Dennis Spaulding, David Cari, Jason Zullo and John Miller Arrested by FBI for Brutality Against Hispanic Immigrants
Four police officers in a Connecticut seaside town were arrested by federal agents Tuesday over allegations of abuse of Hispanic immigrants. The Associated Press reports that East Haven officers Dennis Spaulding, ...
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‘The Moral High Ground’: Jury Awards $25 Million to Thaddeus “T.J.” Jimenez, Framed by Chicago Cops and Wrongfully Imprisoned for 16 Years for Murder he Didn’t Committ
A Chicago-area man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 16 years for a murder he did not commit has been awarded $25 million by a federal jury. 5 NBC Chicago reports that ...

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