Police Brutality
Cops who murdered unarmed Black man will each receive $500,000
Three officers who were acquitted by a jury for the murder of Manuel Ellis will each receive a big payout after agreeing not to return to the Tacoma Police Department. Each officer, Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins, and Timothy Rankine, will receive $500,000 if they say bye to the police department. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department…
Read MoreFormer cops indicted in the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols
A federal grand jury today indicted five former Black Memphis police officers for the deadly beating death of Tyre Nichols in January. The former cops are Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith. The U.S. Department of Justice charged the now-fired officers with excessive force and failure to intervene, deliberate…
Read MoreFormer Milwaukee Bucks player receives police settlement
Sterling Brown, a former player for the Milwaukee Bucks, whom Milwaukee cops beat for parking his car in two handicapped spaces at a Walgreens store, settled this week with the city, which agreed to pay Brown $750,000 for injuries he suffered. The Milwaukee’s Office of the City Attorney and Milwaukee Common Council must still approve…
Read MoreChicago mayor delares Fred Hampton Day
Mayor Brandon Johnson declared August 30th Chairman Fred Hampton Day in the City of Chicago to honor the slain leader of the Chicago Chapter of the Black Panther Party. Chairman Fred Hampton’s commitment to racial and economic equality was the driving force that fueled his every action. Around 4:30 a.m. on December 4, 1969, plainclothes…
Read MoreSix cops have been fired for sexually assaulting and beating two Black men
Six White Mississippi police officers have been fired after they admitted to assaulting two Black men, including shooting one of the men in the mouth, causing serious injury. The cops were guilty of serious civil rights crimes for their torture of the men, Michael Jenkins, 32, and Eddie Parker, 35, said Kirsten Clarke, the Assistant…
Read MoreU.S. Justice Department opens probe of the city of Memphis and its police department
The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into the city of Memphis and the Memphis Police Department (MPD) to determine whether there is a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the Constitution or our federal civil rights laws, said Kirsten Clarke, Assistant U.S. Attorney for Civil Rights. “We received multiple reports of officers…
Read MoreA black truck driver who was surrendering was then attacked by a commanded police dog
A Black truck driver, who raised his hands to surrender following a police chase, was charged and bitten by a commanded police dog. The surrendering man has hired Ben Crump to act as his attorney. Crump said: “This traumatic experience will stay with Jadarrius Rose, 23, the driver, for the rest of his life.” Rose…
Read MoreChicago Torture Justice raises money to open
The Chicago Torture Justice Memorial Foundation has $1.8 million from a Mellon Foundation Grant and a $1.25 million grant from the city to fully fund (Jon) Burge torture survivors memorial. The Chicago Torture Justice Center was born out of reparations for survivors of police torture. Under the command of Chicago Police Department (CPD) Commander Jon Burge,…
Read MoreYusef Salaam of the Central Park Five wins the New York primary to represent Harlem
Yusef Salaam, who seven years in prison for a crime he did not commit, declared himself the winner of the New York City primary to represent Harlem in the city council. As of Wednesday, Salaam won 50.1 percent of the vote, although mail-end ballots remain to be counted. New York has a ranked voting system,…
Read MoreA member of Central Park Five is running for New York City Council
When Yusef Salaam and the other four members of the Central Park Five were cleared after another man confessed to the 1980 brutal rape and beating of Trisha Meili, the Central Park jogger, Donald Trump didn’t like it one bit. Trump took out a full-page ad in four New York newspapers, calling for the boys…
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