Posts Tagged ‘Police Violence’
The Unflattering History of the Cop Who’d Run Over Black People
Sgt. Jeffrey Rothecker is very, very sorry about a recent Facebook post advising Twin Cities residents to run over Black Lives Matter protesters.
Read MoreINOVA Gallery Shows Work by Artist and ABHM Volunteer, Jenna Knapp
Jenna Knapp is an artist, activist, and ABHM volunteer. This article highlights her 2015 art exhibit at INOVA Gallery and shows some of her pieces in which she uses text, movement and video to probe the relationship between race and media representation.
Read MoreCampus Racism Protests Didn’t Come Out Of Nowhere, And They Aren’t Going Away Quickly
Mizzou seems to have catalyzed years of tension over inequality and race. Tyler Kingkade, Lilly Workneh, Ryan Grenoble, The Huffington Post If there’s one thing University of Missouri senior Alanna Diggs thinks people are getting wrong about campus racism protests, it’s the assumption that they’re something new. The demonstrations at Mizzou this month…partly over how they handled…
Read MoreHillary Clinton Meets With Mothers Of Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Michael Brown And Tamir Rice
“It doesn’t matter what color we are, I felt that she really understand where we are coming from,” Rice’s mother said. Alana Horowitz Satlin, The Huffington Post Hillary Clinton held a private meeting in Chicago on Monday with the families of prominent victims of recent gun violence. The mothers of Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Michael Brown…
Read MoreLawyer for Teen in SC School Assault Video Speaks on Injuries She Suffered, Whether She Is an Orphan and Fake GoFundMe Pages
Todd Rutherford, the lawyer for the female student who was assaulted at Spring Valley High School in Columbia South Carolina, speaks up about the incident explaining the cause. He also states that his client suffered multiple injuries and that they are working on trying to set up a GoFundMe page.
Read MoreDetention of black teens by police outside D.C. bank sparks protests
Jason Goolsby, 18, was tackled and handcuffed by D.C. police outside a bank.
Read MoreOfficials in Texas Grapple With Police Decision to Use Taser on City Council Member
Officials in a small Texas town are questioning a decision by the police to use a Taser on a member of the City Council before charging him with resisting arrest.
Read MoreBlack College Student Brutally Beaten By Police Officers In D.C.
Police have admitted that Jason Goolsby, who was stopped and beaten in Washington, D.C., had committed no crime.
Read More2 Outside Reviews Say Cleveland Officer Acted Reasonably in Shooting Tamir Rice, 12
By Mitch Smith, New York Times Two outside investigators looking into the death of Tamir Rice have concluded that a Cleveland police officer, Tim Loehmann, acted reasonably in deciding last year to shoot when he confronted the 12-year-old boy carrying what turned out to be a replica gun. Those opinions, reached separately by a…
Read MoreMan Alleges NYPD Cop Called Him N-word Several Times During Stop-and-Frisk Arrest in Lawsuit
A lawsuit alleges that an NYPD officer falsely arrested a Black man who was walking for no reason, and used racial slurs and assaulted him.
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