Police brutality
- Chicago creating ‘paramilitary occupying force to oppress communities’ – BLM spokesperson
This is not only about holding the Chicago police department accountable. It is to make sure the community is at the table; making sure there is transparency, and no back-room deals, Kofi Ademola, Black Lives Matter organizer, told RT. - Cleveland officer who killed 12yo Tamir Rice fired for lying about employment record
The Cleveland, Ohio, police officer who fatally shot Tamir Rice in 2014 while the 12-year old was playing with a replica gun has been dismissed, but not because of the child's death.America - Baltimore cops involved in Freddie Gray death face internal police charges
Three Baltimore police officers who were involved in the 2015 arrest that led to the death of Freddie Gray face termination and two others brief suspensions, according to a new report. No officers involved in Gray's death have been convicted.America - Justice Dept. reform of police departments likely reduces civil rights lawsuits – study
Reform of a local police department as mandated by the US Department of Justice "may contribute" to reduced civil rights lawsuits filed against that policing agency, a new study says. The Trump administration has vowed to retard such reform interventions.America - California police abuse state databases with impunity – report
Law enforcement agencies in California set new records in 2016 for the misuse of statewide records databases despite lax reporting requirements for database abuse cases and little independent investigative oversight of such privacy violations.America - Civil rights group calls for end to cop chokeholds after Nevada man dies in custody
A Nevada civil rights group wants to prohibit police from using chokeholds after a Las Vegas officer killed a man who was allegedly “acting erratic” at a hotel with a move designed to render the recipient unconscious without restricting air.America
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