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Yet another outrage in the Oscar Grant case Johannes Mehserle is supposed to be in court Aug. 6- that won't happen. ...

Seattle cop punches teen girl
Wed, 06/16/2010 - 10:05
The following video shows a Seattle police officer punching a woman ...

New York City cops target minorities Just walking while Black or Brown will get you frisked. ...

NBPA Releases Statement On The Shooting Of Two-Year-Old Daniel Crichton The National Black Police Association has released a statement regarding the shooting death of a 2-year-old child. "The NBPA is comprised of active and retired police officers of color from throughout the United States," the statement reads. "We assert that the March 26th, 2010 shooting of a 2 year-old child and his mother by 5 Jacksonville, Florida police officers represents the ...

Pittsburgh Officers Accused Of Beating Black Teen Are Suspended The city of Pittsburgh has suspended three white police officers while officials investigate accusations that they beat up a black teenage arts student who was walking to his grandmother's house after dark, according to the Associated Press. The city agency that handles police misconduct allegations h ...

3 Police Officers Indicted In Race-Related Beating According to CNN, five people, including three police officers, have been indicted in the fatal race-related beating of a Latino man in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. "The evidence suggests that Mr. Ramirez was targeted, beaten ...

Report: L.A. Police Mishandling Complaints Of Racial Profiling Against Officers An independent investigation of how the Los Angeles Police Department handles complaints of racial profiling and other types of discrimination against its officers found the department lacking. Inspector General Andre Briotte found that in a third of the cases he looked at, police officials made serious missteps, such as failing to talk to all the witness ...

Missing Black woman last seen in Malibu wandering in the night alone Mitrice Richardson didn't have $89 to pay her dinner tab. Because of that, and some seriously unconscionable behavior by some good folks in Malibu and law enforcement, she might receive a death sentence for that crime. ...

Teen Dies In Police Custody Investigators in Tennessee are looking how an 18-year-old man died while in police custody. The Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro reports that Andron Reed died after officers arrested him Friday night. Reed led them on a high-speed chase before the arrest, which eventually ended in a crash. Authorities say Reed did not ...

Baltimore Officers Suspended After Alleged Hit And Run Three Baltimore police officers have been suspended after a 17-year-old boy accused them of running him over with a police cruiser. Deon Johnson, an Olympic boxing hopeful, told his attorney he was sitting on a dirt bike talking to friends when an unmarked police car sped into him, causing several injuries. Johnson said he had been training for the 2012 Olympics before the accident. Police picked him up on two outstanding juvenile warrants after his accusation. ( ...