Police Violence Has Sent 400,000 People To The Hospital Since 2015
Police interactions in this country can turn violent and deadly quickly. Especially for people of ……Read More…
Police interactions in this country can turn violent and deadly quickly. Especially for people of ……Read More…
A recent study from the University of Michigan’s National Registry of Exonerations found that since ……Read More…
In September of 2019, Marcus Smith died while in the custody of the Greensboro police department. Smith died after police hogtied him like an animal. Police initially said that Smith was suicided and they were trying to help him. Bodycam video showed the complete opposite. Officers pushed Smith face down on the street and tied a belt around his ankles and attached it to his cuffed hands so tightly his knees were lifted off the pavement. This police tactic is called the “hobble” but is more commonly referred to as hogtying. ……Read More…
The District Attorney declined to file charges against sheriff’s deputies who shot and killed Andrew ……Read More…
A Philadelphia judge dismissed all charges against an ex-police officer shown on video shooting sitting ……Read More…
The City of Chicago and the Chicago Police Department revised its policy on how officers conduct search warrants. This comes after bodycam video released last year showed police entering social worker Anjanette Young’s home and handcuffing her as she stood naked. Police had the wrong home and humiliated Young and violated her civil rights even after knowing that they had made a mistake. ……Read More…