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The City of Philadelphia shed more light on the death of Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by police less than two weeks ago. During a press conference Wednesday, Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw identified the involved officers as Sean Matarazzo, 25, and Thomas Munz, 26. Officials also released audio a portion of the […]
A Massachusetts State Police officer has been fired after allegedly firing off racial slurs during an off-duty confrontation, the New York Post reports. The incident occurred when the unidentified officer got into an exchange with a motorist. The race of neither the trooper nor the victim has been disclosed, but the department made it clear that it doesn’t […]
The Kentucky State Police is facing backlash this week over training material that reportedly included quotes attributed to Adolf Hitler. Student journalists at Louisville’s duPont Manual High School were the first to report on the slideshow presentation, which was shown to cadets as recently as 2013. One of the slides, titled “Violence of Action,” encouraged trainees to […]
North Carolina authorities reportedly pepper-sprayed a group of peaceful demonstrators marching for voting rights. According to News & Observer, the incident took place Saturday in Alamance County where about 200 people participated in the “I Am Change Legacy March to the Polls” in downtown Graham. The crowd began marching at the AME Church and made their way to the county courthouse, where a voting rights […]
Philadelphia police allegedly took a 2-year-old child from his mother’s SUV after breaking all the windows and injuring the mother while arresting her. The nation’s largest police union, the Fraternal Order of Police later shared a photo of the child on Facebook and Twitter, claiming that they found a “lost” child amid the city’s protests, […]
A Dallas man’s enthusiasm for Halloween has led to several visits from Texas police. And he seems pretty proud of it. As pointed out by the Dallas Observer, artist Steven Novak has caused a bit of stir in his East Dallas neighborhood, where he used his creative skills to stage an elaborate murder scene in his front yard. […]
The New York Police Department is being dragged to court over its “brutal response” to peaceful protesters. Per NBC News, Charlie Monlouis-Anderle—who uses they/them pronouns—claims to have been participating in a peaceful protest on June 3 for George Floyd when NYPD officers arrived at the scene in full riot gear and surrounded the protesters on all […]
Police violations are certainly no new subject matter in 2020, and the New York Police Department is the latest to infringe upon its own codes when they openly attempted to convince people to vote for Donald Trump. Over the weekend, footage surfaced of police officers in Flatbush, Brooklyn using the patrol vehicle’s loudspeaker to rally re-election votes behind Trump. […]
Offset was seen on his Instagram Live Saturday, as police officers forced him to exit his vehicle for reasons that are still unclear. In the Live, Offset can be heard refusing to leave his car as he grows increasingly more frustrated at the officers, who he says have “guns out.” They were seemingly responding to some type of […]
Boston Celtics’ Marcus Smart has made it. He parlayed a celebrated college career at Oklahoma State into a first-round draft pick. He’s made a space for himself on the Boston Celtics over the course of six years with the organization. But that’s not enough to escape the baked-in racism that comes with living in the […]
