Police Brutality
Chicago Police Sergeant who led a botched police raid is fired
The Chicago Police Board voted to fire Sergeant Alex Wolinski, who led police officers to raid the wrong house in 2019 armed with a “no-knock warrant.†The house belonged to Anjanette Young, a social worker who had just gotten off work. She can be heard screaming at the cops that they had the wrong house…
Read MoreParalyzed New Haven man receives a record $45 million settlement in a police brutality lawsuit
Richard “Randy ” Cox, who was riding without seatbelts in the back of a police van, was paralyzed when he was thrown into a metal partition following a sudden stop, received on Friday a settlement of $45 million in what Benjamin Crump, his attorney, said was the largest national settlement in a police brutality case.…
Read MoreBlack male drivers are police targets
A national survey of 577 traffic stops of Black male drivers by 200 police officers has found that the first 45 words spoken during the first 30 seconds to the drivers by the cops predictably determine the outcome of the traffic stop, according to the proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study found…
Read MoreHarvard Police Department held four Black students, following a false claim that could have cost the students’ lives
Four Black Harvard University students were ordered to leave their dormitory room at gunpoint by Harvard University Police who later learned the four students were victims of swatting, a hostile practice of falsely accusing another or others of serious crimes. The students, all seniors, Jarah K. Cotten, Jazmin N. Dunlap, Dave G. Madzivanyika, and Alexandra…
Read MoreThe shooting of an 11-year-old boy is Black-on-Black hatred fueled by working in a racist system
A Black cop in Mississippi shot and wounded an 11-year-old boy who was ordered to call the police by his mother who feared a domestic dispute with the father of another one of her children was about the get out of hand. Aderrien Murry walked out of another part of the house and was shot…
Read MoreGrand Jury lets the police walk concerning Jayland Walker’s murder
A Special Ohio Grand jury failed to indict eight Akron police officers who fired 46 shots at Jayland Walker, a delivery driver, as he ran his life in a hail of bullets before died. The toxicology screen was negative for drugs or alcohol, according to the Summit County Medical Examiner Lisa J. Kohler, M.D. The medical…
Read MoreEmmitt Till’s accuser dies
Emmitt Till’s accuser dies When Carolyn Bryant Donham accused 14-year Emmett Till of making eye contact with her in segregated Money, Mississippi, she called her husband. Bryant called Roy Bryant, her husband, and J.W. Milam with his half-brother, to beat the young boy to death. Years later, Donham later said it was an overaction, which she…
Read MoreThe cop who killed Breonna Taylor is back in law enforcement
Myles Cosgrove, the former Louisville police officer, who murdered Breonna Taylor during a raid in her and her boyfriend’s apartment, has gotten another job in law enforcement. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office has hired Cosgrove. The county is about an hour northeast of downtown Louisville. He was one of three officers who fired their weapons…
Read MoreTyre Nichols’ family sues Memphis police for $550 Million for beating death of their son
The parents of Tyre Nichols, who was beaten by five Black Memphis police officers and left to die by an ambulance driver who refused to get out of her truck, sued the city of Memphis and the Memphis Police Department for $550 million. Nichols was beaten on January 7, 2023, and died three days later…
Read MoreLouisville police department is a work in progress
The Louisville police are supposed to serve and protect people, including Black people, but it is hard to believe that since many of cops have little respect for them. Some police officers routinely referred to Blacks as “animals,†and “monkeys, and addressed Black men as “boy.” They also tossed drinks at their cars and insulted…
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