Controversy raged from coast to coast in the wake of the killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black man who was fatally shot by Darren Wilson, 28, a white Ferguson police officer. The circumstances of the shooting, the resultant protests and civil unrest, and the failure of a grand jury to hand down an […]
A Massachusetts police detective was placed on administrative leave on Monday after a driver posted a dash camera video on YouTube of the detective yelling at the driver and threatening him after a traffic stop late Sunday night. WCVB out of Boston reported that the Medford police officer in the video has been identified as Detective Stephen Lebert, “who […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement Tuesday night after a police dashboard video [below] was released showing the arrest of the late Sandra Bland: This video of the arrest of Sandra Bland shows totally outrageous police behavior. No one should be yanked from her car, thrown to the ground, assaulted and arrested for a […]
On July 13th 28-year-old Chicago #BlackLivesMatter activist Sandra Bland was found dead in her Waller Country, Texas, jail cell, just three days after her arrest during a traffic stop for allegedly assaulting a public servant. USA Today reports that “As the story continues to unfold — the arresting officer was just found to have violated […]
Controversy rages in America over the seemingly ceaseless killing and assault of unarmed individuals by police officers nationwide. An ongoing investigation by The Guardian shows that as of today, 116 of 5334 unarmed people have been killed so far this year by the police and that police agencies are killing people at twice the rate […]