police brutality
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Transit cop in Oscar Grant killing found guilty of involuntary manslaughter
The jury in the Oscar Grant murder case reached a verdict on Thursday, July 8. A Los Angeles jury found…
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Pittsburgh march against police brutality largest in 15 years
On June 12, 200 people marched to Pittsburgh's City Hall to call for prosecution of the three police officers guilty…
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US border agent guns down Mexican youth
On June 7, another Mexican youth fell victim to racist U.S. border and immigration policy. An unidentified U.S. Border Patrol…
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Trial for Oscar Grant’s killer excludes Blacks from jury
The murder trial for Johannes Mehserle is set to begin in Los Angeles on June 10. Mehserle is on trial…
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Border Patrol agents kill 15-year-old
On June 7, Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca, a 15-year-old boy from Chihuahua State, Mexico, was killed by a U.S. Border…
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Sean Bell Way inaugurated to honor victim of police brutality
Photo: Vanissa Chan On May 18, Liverpool Street in Jamaica Queens was renamed to honor Sean Bell, who the NYPD…
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NYPD allows rich to be ‘Commanding Officers for an Evening’
The New York Police Department now allows you to become a "Commanding Officer for an Evening"--that is, if you have…
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Detroit: Seven-year-old girl killed by police
It is yet another case of racist police violence resulting in a horrific tragedy. Early on the morning of May…
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Racist Seattle police videotaped stomping on Latino youth
On April 17, Seattle police officers were videotaped as they stomped on and kicked a Latino man who was already…
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Police charged in beating only after video is released
On March 3, 19-year-old University of Maryland student John James McKenna was arrested for assaulting a police officer, following an…
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