By Samuel Warde on December 2, 2014
Ferguson, Michael Brown, Police Overreach, Videos
Law & Order, Police Overreach, Videos
CNN is reporting that the Ferguson police are considering charging Michael Brown’s stepfather for possible incitement to riot during Ferguson protests. According to the police chief, they are formally investigating whether or not Brown’s stepfather intended to incite a riot last Monday when he told a crowd in Ferguson to “burn this bitch down” after […]
By Samuel Warde on November 26, 2014
Police Overreach, Videos
Law & Order, Police Overreach, Videos
Video taken by a witness during an arrest shows a Denver police officer punching a suspect in the face six times and then tripping the man’s girlfriend who is seven-and-a-half months pregnant, causing her to land on her belly and face. The witness who took the video claims an officer then took the tablet he […]
By Samuel Warde on November 26, 2014
Police Killings, Police Overreach, Videos
Civil Rights, Law & Order, Police Overreach, Videos
The country is reeling with countless protests from coast-to-coast in the wake of the grand jury decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. However, as Mother Jones reports, getting away with shooting and killing citizens is “business as usual” for St. Louis law enforcement officers. […]
By Samuel Warde on October 29, 2014
Activism, Anonymous, Darren Wilson, Ferguson, Michael Brown, Police Overreach, Social Justice
Activism, Civil Rights, Law & Order, Police Overreach, Social Justice
The hacktivist group Anonymous is reporting that two government sources confirm that the Missouri police officer who killed Michael Brown will NOT be indicted. Claiming it had information leaked to them by two sources, Anonymous first reported that officer Darren Wilson will not be charged on its Operation Ferguson Twitter page on October 26. LEAKED: […]
By Samuel Warde on October 20, 2014
Advertising, Elections, gun control, Police Overreach, Videos, Voting
Advertising, Elections, Gun Control, Videos
A get-out-the-vote ad by a Florida-based group called Dream Defenders is part of its new “Vest or Vote” campaign, which is rallying voters around police violence against black youth. Shot in black and white, the minute-and-a-half ad shows a young black mother in the kitchen distracting her son from a video game to ask him […]