Police brutality news
RT monitors news on cases of police brutality, a form of police misconduct. It involves excessive violence by police forces. Don’t miss news and updates on police brutality in the US, which occurs often and sometimes involves fatal shootings. Follow RT to get the public response to police brutality, including protests and other civic actions honoring victims of police abuse. Find the news and articles on the best known cases of police brutality such as Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland, Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York City, and many others. Police brutality in the US sometimes involves racial discrimination. The international activist movement Black Lives Matter claims it campaign against violence and systemic racism towards black people. Don’t miss the news and updates on Black Lives Matter rallies, protests and other actions. There is a lot of footage provided by eyewitnesses showing that a police officer committed an unlawful act such as shooting, tasing, or other excessive force, which are considered to be forms of police brutality. Check out RT.com on that matter. Follow RT to get information on investigations and official statements on cases of police brutality. Read the opinion pieces of experts and authors, who talk to RT on police brutality.
- Rampant US police violence prompts nationwide FBI inquiry
Police brutality across the US is now bad enough that the federal government is finally willing to look at the statistics – if the cops don’t mind. The FBI is starting a data collection effort, based on voluntary self-reports.USA News - Indiana police chief keeps promoting dodgy & investigated senior officers
One mayor's decision to cut police oversight has allowed a department in Indiana to become a law unto itself; staffed with a gallery of rogue, undisciplined and shady officers.USA News - NYPD suspends body cameras for cops after device explodes
The New York Police Department has suspended the use of almost 3,000 body cameras after one exploded, leaving some of the city’s police force unrecorded for the foreseeable future. According to studies, not much will change.USA News - Florida police defend punching of 14yo girl lying on ground during arrest (VIDEO)
Florida police have defended the manner of their arrest of a 14-year-old girl in which a male officer repeatedly punched her in the side as she lay on the ground after allegedly resisting arrest at a Coral Springs mall.USA News - Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Cop? Web weapon designed to subdue mentally ill troublemakers
New York police are testing a new weapon that wraps the target in Kevlar cord. With nearly 1,000 people killed by US cops each year, non-lethal equipment is welcome – but can it break officers’ habit of reaching for the gun first?USA News - 'No other civilized country allows the police to kill with impunity,' black activist tells RT
Police in the US act like modern-day slave patrols, Black Agenda Report's Margaret Kimberley told RT, after the historic conviction of Chicago cop Jason van Dyke for the murder of unarmed black teen Laquan McDonald.USA News
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