Police Violence
Tracking updates on, reactions to, and racial dynamics of the disproportionate amount of police violence in America.
It’s very rare for police to be killed or shot.
“I don’t want black men shot at traffic stops. I don’t want cops shot by snipers. I don’t want kids shot at school. I don’t want any of this.”
“I’m forced to confront, and I think all of us in Minnesota are forced to confront, this kind of racism exists.”
Serving justice means using video footage for accountability. Without that, it’s just voyeurism.
Castile got the same lecture so many black Americans hear from an early age: Remain calm and comply when confronted by police.
“If you are white and you work in a black community and you are racist, you need to be ashamed of yourself”
African Americans have over 100 years of reasons not to trust the police.
Here’s how the so-called “Ferguson effect” could work.
Questions remain surrounding Freddie Gray’s medical emergency while under police custody.
Rice was playing at a park with a toy pellet gun when Cleveland police officer Timothy Loehmann shot and killed him.
A misleading call could lead to jail time.
Republicans need to talk about this.
A legal justification doesn’t mean the shooting was okay.
Cook County state’s attorney announced she won’t file charges.
It may have been a tragic misunderstanding, but it also may have been yet another example of what Black Lives Matter protesters say is racial bias in police shootings.
Why the criminal justice system is like a “schoolyard bully.”
“To me, what racism looks like is calling to see an apartment, and turning on my phone voice, and showing up to said apartment, and getting excuses as to why it’s no longer for rent.”
It confirmed the biggest criticisms of the police response.
Gray received a fatal spinal cord injury while in police custody.
The St. Louis County government is reopening old wounds.
More abuse of authority.
The St. Louis County police chief called their presence “unnecessary and inflammatory.”
A racial justice organization analyzed the reporting that followed Mike Brown’s death.
This is some great karma.
“I deserve to not have to worry about my children getting stabbed or taking a drug or getting robbed,” one parent said when students from a failing, overwhelmingly black district in Missouri were allowed to transfer to a nearby white district.
Samuel DuBose was stopped for a missing front license plate.
The racial disparities in police use of force are huge.
What if a Texas trooper had let Bland smoke her cigarette?
“The bottom line is that in too many places, black boys and black men, Latino boys and Latino men experience being treated differently under the law.”
The court battle over the footage exposes the debate over police cameras.
The grand jury previously decided not to indict officer Daniel Pantaleo for Garner’s death.
A new report on police’s reaction to the Ferguson protests shows the many ways law enforcement went wrong.
A black teen organized a McKinney, Texas, pool party — and white locals called the police.
The numbers don’t lie.
An extreme example of dehumanization of black men.
It comes down to subconscious racial biases.
They can get the equipment from a private company, if they’re willing to pay.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice has released dash cam video, but it doesn’t capture their encounter.