The NYPD cops responsible for the murder of #EricGarner “will immediately begin” an internal disciplinary trial. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ On Thursday, an NYPD department spokesman said Officer Daniel Pantaleo and Sgt. Kizzy Adonis “will immediately begin an internal disciplinary process for the 2014 choking death of 43-year-old EricGarner. “The U.S. Department of …
Read More »“My Killer Was Never Found,” California Police Tweet As Slain Victim to Highlight A 1973 Unsolved Murder
—blogged by @lovelikejhoney⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Newport Beach Police Department used their Twitter account last weekend to highlight an unsolved murder case nearly 40 years old. In a series of narrative posts from the perspective of the slain 11 year-old girl, Linda O’Keefe, Newport Beach police recalled the victim’s life leading up to …
Read More »Woman Calls Police On Black Politician For Campaigning Door-To-Door
In, yet, another episode of #LivingWhileBlack, a black female politician in Oregon said a woman in the neighborhood called the cops on her for campaigning, door to door. On Tuesday, Janelle Bynum took to Facebook to share the story. “Live from the mean streets of Clackamas!!! Big shout out to …
Read More »New York City Mayor Tells NYPD To Stop Arresting Citizens for Smoking Marijuana
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is working towards eliminating arrests for publicly smoking marijuana. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Over the weekend, de Blasio told the NYPD to instead issue summons as opposed to arresting people who are publicly smoking marijuana. Smoking publicly in New York currently can get you arrested. …
Read More »Cop Draws Gun on Passenger in Traffic Stop, Holds Him At Gunpoint for Nearly 10 Min
California police are facing backlash for a recent video that showed an officer pointing a gun at a passenger for nearly 10 minutes, during a traffic stop. Last Wednesday, a California police officer stopped a car that passed him going 85 mph on U.S. Route 101, south of San Jose. …
Read More »Tawon Boyd, 21, Dies Three Days After Physical Encounter With Police, Cause of Death Under Investigation
On Friday, around 3 a.m. at Atkin Circle in Middle River, #Maryland, officers responded to a disturbance call from 21-year-old #TawonBoyd. According to reports, Boyd called the cops to report a break in. He was apparently nervous and disheveled, thinking his girlfriend was recording him while someone else was inside …
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