2015/07/22 –Ā Cries of protest rang through the usually quiet streets of the small Mississippi community of Stonewall this month, as organizers marched on the townās police station, demanding the removal of who residents believe to be ākiller cops.ā Angry …..
2015/07/17 –Ā STONEWALL, Miss. ā Although a preliminary autopsy report ruling Jonathan Sanders’ death a homicide, caused by manual asphyxiation, came as no surprise to his friends and relatives, they hope it is the first step towards justice. “The community …..
2015/07/08 – Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake of Baltimore decided on Wednesday to replace the city’s police commissioner, Anthony W. Batts. The mayor acted just hours after the police union issued a report critical of the department’s response to the riots set …..
2015/06/17 –Ā A pattern has emergedāinĀ Oakland, New York, Cleveland,Ā Baltimore, the St. Louis suburb ofĀ Ferguson, and beyond. Police claiming to feel threatened kill unarmed black men. Protests follow, sometimes including violence.Ā The Department of JusticeĀ finds a pattern and practice of racially-biased policing. …..
2015/06/12 –Ā In this age of police thuggery, it seems that almost every few days brings another video recorded incident of white-on-black police violence and excessive force. Last week a white police officer in Mckinney, Texas was recorded pulling out …..