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- 'Coldblooded Murder': Cops Caught on Video Putting Hood on Black Man and Slamming His Head Into Pavement
David Gilbert, Vice, September 3, 2020
Daniel Prude died of suffocation after officers put a hood over his head and restrained him until he was unconscious.
- Cop Out / Snap Judgment, "Unforgiven" - Snap #612, segment 3. (20 min)
Ex-Cop Robert Davis had two choices; show up to court and serve a sentence that meant certain death. Or find a way out. Producer: Anna Sussman, Sound Design: Renzo Gorrio. Find out about Robert Davis’s work here. www.authorsden.com/robertdavis. Full episode is at http://snapjudgment.org/unforgiven
- Diane Rehm Show - Chicago Police Chief’s Firing And Efforts To Boost Public Trust In Police
Chicago Police Chief’s Firing And Efforts To Boost Public Trust In Police Diane Rehm Show, Wednesday, Dec 02 2015 • 10 a.m. (ET) "Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel fired the city’s police superintendent yesterday. The move came a week after the release of squad-car video showing a white Chicago police officer shooting an African American teenager. The officer shot 16 bullets into the 17-year-old, who was walking down the street carrying a small knife. The video sparked days of protests in Chicago, reminiscent of unrest in other cities after fatal shootings of African Americans by white officers. In Chicago, the mayor also announced a task force on police accountability. Diane and guests discuss the latest on Chicago and efforts across the country to improve public trust in the police." Guests Paul Butler professor, Georgetown Law School Mary Mitchell columnist, Chicago Sun-Times Carrie Johnson justice correspondent, NPR Darrel Stephens executive director, Major Cities Chiefs Association; former Chief of Police for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Ray Kelly former police commissioner of New York City; author of "Vigilance: My Life Serving America and Protecting Its Empire City"
- Frank Eltman (AP) - Citizens taking video of police see themselves facing arrest
Frank Eltman (AP) - Citizens taking video of police see themselves facing arrest Frank Eltman, Associated Press, Aug. 29, 2015 "HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (AP) — Thomas Demint's voice is heard only briefly on the eight-minute video he took of police officers arresting two of his friends, and body-slamming their mother. "I'm videotaping this, sir," he tells an officer. "I'm just videotaping this. "What's not seen is what happened just after he stopped recording: Demint says three officers tackled him, took away his smartphone and then tried, unsuccessfully, to erase the video. They then arrested him on charges of obstruction of governmental administration and resisting arrest." More from the ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/news/you-have-every-right-photograph-cop?redirect=free-speech/you-have-every-right-photograph-cop https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/photographers?redirect=filming-and-photographing-police https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights-photographers
- HuffPost Black Voices - 52.0K 2.1K 99 Comment 1.4K Woman Says She Endured 8 Days In Psych Ward Because Cops Didn't Believe BMW Was Hers
Woman Says She Endured 8 Days In Psych Ward Because Cops Didn't Believe BMW Was Hers "I do think race played a part in this." Christopher Mathias, National Reporter, The Huffington Post Posted: 09/11/2015 04:02 PM EDT | Edited: 09/11/2015
- I fit the description ...
are and everything after "Steve Locke's blog about art and other stuff" "This is what I wore to work today. "On my way to get a burrito before work, I was detained by the police." . . .
- James Blake detention by NYC PD
Tennis pro James Blake was tackled and handcuffed while standing in front of a NYC midtown hotel by police who did not report and denied the incident until surveillance camera footage was revealed
- Leonard Pitts, Jr.: Police brutality not just a ‘black’ problem
Leonard Pitts, Jr.: Police brutality not just a ‘black’ problem Miami Herald, July 28, 2015
- NBC - Video Shows Florida Deputies Beating Non-Violent Man During 2014 Arrest
Alex Johnson, NBC News, Jan 28 2016 "A former Florida sheriff's deputy could face 10 years in prison after a federal grand jury indicted him for alleged civil rights violations in the videotaped beating of a man by deputies during a 2014 arrest, authorities said."
- New Orleans' Police Use Of Body Cameras Brings Benefits And New Burdens
Martin Kaste, NPR Morning Edition, March 3, 2017 In 2014, the New Orleans Police Department made a bold move into body cameras, requiring all uniformed officers to wear them and record their contact with the public. The program got off to a rough start: NPR documented spotty use by officers, and, crucially, how hard it was for the office of the city's independent police monitor — which handles complaints about police misconduct — to gain access to videos of police use of force. Three years on, the cameras have become part of the everyday routine, improving the local law enforcement culture, but also creating new burdens.
- NPR - Chicago Creates Reparations Fund For Victims Of Police Torture
Chicago Creates Reparations Fund For Victims Of Police Torture David Schaper, May 6, 2015
- NPR Fresh Air - Ta-Nehisi Coates On Police Brutality, The Confederate Flag And Forgiveness
Ta-Nehisi Coates On Police Brutality, The Confederate Flag And Forgiveness NPR Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Dec 29, 2015 "Growing up in Baltimore, the writer faced threats from both the streets and the police. His book, Between the World and Me, is an open letter to his teenage son. Originally broadcast July 13, 2015." Includes transcript.
- Open Data Policing NC
"Open Data Policing NC aggregates, visualizes, and publishes public records related to all known traffic stops to have occurred in North Carolina since January 1, 2002. Enter an agency name into the search field above to review data on the racial and ethnic demographics of people stopped, searched, and subjected to force in the course of traffic stops in a given jurisdiction."
- Police Shootings Reflect Cities’ Levels of Segregation
The study, published in the Journal of the National Medical Association, finds that racial residential segregation is the predominant factor that explains why some cities have greater racial disparities in fatal police shootings—even after controlling for a city’s crime rates, black median income, racial composition of its police force, and other factors.
- President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing
President Barack Obama's 2015 task force
- Report reveals 'gross' racial disparity in Toronto policing
BBC News, posted here 12/10/2018 Black people are "grossly over-represented" in violent police interactions in the Canadian city of Toronto, a human rights investigation has found. The Ontario Human Rights Commission launched the probe into the Toronto police department last year. The interim report, released Monday, found a black person is 20 times more likely than a white person to be shot and killed by police. About 8% of Toronto, Canada's most populous city, is black.
- State of Things - New York Times: Racial Discrepancies Evident In Greensboro Traffic Stops
New York Times: Racial Discrepancies Evident In Greensboro Traffic Stops By Will Michaels WUNC The State of Things, October 27, 2015 "The Greensboro Police Department is reviewing its records of traffic stops, after a New York Times article revealed deep racial discrepancies. "The newspaper's analysis found that Greensboro police searched black drivers more than twice as often as white drivers, even though they found contraband more often when the driver was white."
- The Little Cards That Tell Police 'Let's Forget This Ever Happened'
Katie Way, Vice, September 2, 2020
Some cops give their friends and family union-issued "courtesy cards" to help get them out of minor infractions. The cards embody everything wrong with modern policing.
- University of Virgina student arrested by ABC agents