Police Brutality
Former police officers pleaded not guilty to the murder of Tyre Nichols
Five former Memphis cops who beat Tyre Nichols to death following a traffic stop pleaded not guilty to his murder. The Memphis Police Department identified the five dismissed officers as Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith. All of the former cops are Black. All five were members of…
Read MorePolice killed a double amputee by shooting him in the back
Police shot and killed a double amputee by shooting him in the back after he stabbed someone with a butcher knife he was holding. Police shot and killed Anthony Lowe after he stabbed a man, Ramiro, who didn’t want his last name used, crossing the street. Lowe jumped out of his wheelchair and stabbed him. …
Read MoreMemphis Fire Department fires three firefighters in the ongoing death probe of Tyre Nichols
The Memphis fire department fired three of its fighters on January 30 as part of its ongoing investigation into the murder of Tyre Nichols after concluding they violated several policies and protocols. Fire department officials said they fired Robert Long, JaMicheal Sandridge, and Lieutenant Michelle Walker, driver of the Engine 55 fire truck. Long is…
Read MoreMemphis disbands the SCORPION Unit involved in the murder of Tyre Nichols
The Memphis police department has disbanded the SCORPION unit, designed to fight violent crime in areas with high crime rates. This comes after members of the unit were involved in the murder of Tyre Nichols. The release is causing an uproar and charges of a cover-up. Officer Preston Hemphill was relieved of his duties but…
Read MoreFive Black Memphis police officers are fired for killing a Black motorist
The five Memphis police officers were suspended but not charged in the deadly beating death of a Black motorist. The killing raises the difficult question of whether Black police officers behave more like White police officers who have historically acted out of bias and rage against Black men. The five police officers were involved in the…
Read MoreFormer Memphis cops arrested for a brutal beating
Five former Black Memphis police officers have been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, who was arrested during a traffic stop. The former Black officers—Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin, III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith. In addition, they all were charged with aggravated assault, one count…
Read MoreMemphis police release damming videos of the beating of Tyre Nichols
As Memphis police brutally beat Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop, he cried out for his mother to come to help him the same way some soldiers do in combat. Nichols screamed for his mother three times as police pulled him from his car for reckless driving. Memphis police on Friday released a series of…
Read MorePolice have put targets on Black men’s backs
In 2022, U. S. police killed 212 Blacks, though Blacks make up only 13 percent of the nation’s population, according to the report Mapping Police Violence. Police killed Black people in 37 states and the District of Columbia. Overall, the police killed 1,183 in 2022. A database run by the Washington Post reported that it was…
Read MoreThe cop is guilty of the murder of a Black woman
A cop was sentenced for the manslaughter conviction of Atatiana Jefferson, but some of her friends said he should have been tried for murder. A jury found Aaron Dean, a former Ft. Worth police officer, guilty of manslaughter on Tuesday in the murder of Atatiana Jefferson which occurred around 2 a.m. on October 12, 2019.…
Read MoreGate honors the Central Park Five
New York City opened a gate to honor the five boys, now men, known as the Central Park Five who spent decades in prison, having been pressured by police to confess to a crime they didn’t commit. Called the Gate of Exonerated, the gate is the first and only gate added to Central Park’s official…
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