police brutality

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maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 13 Apr 21

I’m sure a lot of people in the US have heard that Brooklyn Center, a north suburb of Minneapolis, have killed a twenty year old black male during a traffic stop this past weekend. Details are still unfolding but what we know so...

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Body cams should be mandatory to cops

Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker @CaptAlbertWhisker (32760) • Calgary, Alberta 22 Dec 20

This way police brutality and corruption will decrease. If a cop deleted their camera history they will get suspended on first strike. Body cams will make cops more responsible for their actions. Body cams can also be use for the...

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Checking in from Minneapolis

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 1 Jun 20

I wanted to check in as it's been a while since I have and the last week has been pure pandemonium. On memorial day, Monday 5/25, a black man named Geroge Floyd was murdered in my city by a police officer, who knelt on the man's...

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Australian Woman Killed by Police in Minnesota

bostonphil @bostonphil (4459) • United States 19 Jul 17

I am assuming that most Americans have heard of the story and most Australians. A woman from Australia had moved to the Minneapolis area to marry her American fiancee. She heard what she believed to be a sexual attack close to...

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australian woman killed by police in minneapolis

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Who are the real bad cops?

Daniel @RhoShambo (79) 18 Jan 17

There are good cops and bad cops. Good cops do the right thing all the time. Bad cops come in two different forms. One is the maniac/coward that uses excessive force and learned prejudice to execute his duties. The other bad cop...

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#AllLivesMatter

Hayleigh Elizabeth @HaleighElizabeth (70) • Windsor Mill, Maryland 11 Aug 16

Freddie Gray. He was the straw that broke the camel's back. Police brutality is not a new topic; it's been happening for decades. During the Civil Right's Movement, extreme force was used to subdue protests, both violent and...

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Holding Everyone Accountable for the Actions of One

Four Walls @FourWalls (86778) • United States 8 Jul 16

Most of us don't think that all Mexicans are drug smugglers because of the actions of "El Chapo," the notorious drug lord. Most of us don't think all women are crazy because of Lisa Nowak (I'll leave it to you to look up what...

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Do You Support It When Police Use Brutal Force Against Demonstrators?

waflay @waflay (2737) • Nairobi, Kenya 18 May 16

I have never been in the shoes of a police officer, and I don't know much about challenges they go through in day to day life. But I wonder what makes them so angry that they are ready to kill a civilian just because of a demo...

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beating up

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Why are Afro-Americans so in love with Hillary Clinton?

Paul Kuehn @pauliek (287) • Udon Thani, Thailand 29 Feb 16

I noticed that Hillary Clinton won the South Carolina primary with heavy support from Afro-Americans and that she is favored in most southern states because of her support from Afro-Americans. I understand that Bill Clinton was...

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Geronimo!!!!

grandpa_lash @grandpa_lash (5225) • Australia 24 Oct 12

I'm curious. I grew up, like probably every kid in the Western world in the 1950s, with cowboy and Indian movies, where the Indian was almost always (a) bad, and (b) the loser, various versions of Custer's Last Stand aside....

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Venting on Police Brutality

coolmustaches @coolmustaches (6) • United States 9 Feb 12

I just watched a new video on Youtube that made me utterly disgusted in our justice system. I will paste the link if you would like to brave it out for yourself, but I must warn you, the video is pretty graphic and you WILL be...

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Police clubbing a veteran at Occupy Oakland.

ladybugmagic @ladybugmagic (3978) • United States 19 Nov 11

More police brutality from various OWS movements on different days. THIS IS EXCESSIVE FORCE AND VERY GRAPHIC. Some of you still pretend you don't know what these protests are about, and rather than stating the obvious in...

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Fullerton, CA police, beat a man to death. My comments.

usaction @usaction (649) • United States 6 Oct 11

This is the original article: http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2011/10/ron_thomas_calls_on_kellys_arm.php My thoughts: No, Kelly's Army's doing the right thing. This should be the next "Rodney King," esp with Kelly...

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Police Brutality

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 30 Sep 11

I had been directed to the following links because of things happening in NY that shouldn't be happening. I am really disturbed to know that people are being mistreated for no apparent reason. I don't know if anyone else has...

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Police Brutality in Order to Solve a Case.

Incintosh @Incintosh (57) • Philippines 18 Aug 10

recently a chief of police was arrested due to police brutality. He uses force and torture in order to solve a rubbery case. Residence in his area of responsibility said that this officer was like a terror in their area and...

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Police officer punches a teenage girl, but what would you do in his situation?

Taskr36 @Taskr36 (13963) • United States 16 Jun 10

There's been a lot of "Monday Morning Quarterbacking" going on with this story. A police officer in Seattle stopped some girls for jaywalking. When they tried to get away he pulled one over to his car. She fought with him as he...

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Police to citizens: "Stop recording our brutality!"

Latrivia @Latrivia (2878) • United States 3 Jun 10

And to think they're being backed by courts on this. This is going on in at least three states. If you live in one of them, make sure you don't record a cop in public performing a public duty (an illegal one, to be frank - they...

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police officers beating of unarmed student

BART78 @BART78 (2927) • Canada 25 Oct 09

San Jose, C.A. - mobile phone video shows police officer repeatedly beating an unarmed 20 yrs. old student more than 10x with a metal baton and another officer with his taser gun......another story of excessive force used by...

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Policd Brutality?

hometyme @hometyme (288) • United States 6 Feb 09

A driver was pulled over in snow restricted roads. The officer followed the car approximately one mile while the driver had slowed and was displaying signal lights, indicating his intention to pull over at a safe place. He was...

Pregnant woman tasered!!

soccermom @soccermom (3198) • United States 29 Nov 07

I heard on the news this morning that an Ohio woman went to a local police station to inquire about giving up custody of her one year old. When she was attempting to leave the station wihtout giving "pertinant information" the...

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