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An NYPD union leader is facing calls for his resignation after launching a “homophobic” attack on Ritchie Torres, the Bronx’s first openly gay elected official. The remark in question was made less than a week ago on the Sergeants Benevolent Association’s official Twitter account. The since-deleted tweet, which was credited to SBA president Ed Mullins, came after Torres and other local […]
An investigation has been launched after surveillance footage from within a Florida corrections facility showed a deputy hitting and choking a Black teen. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports that Terrance Devon Reed III, the 17-year-old featured in the video, was shown getting into a violent encounter with corrections deputy, Neil Pizzo. The incident went down at the Sarasota County […]
Police in Australia arrested and charged a woman with incitement for endorsing an anti-lockdown protest on Facebook. Zoe-Lee Buhler’s partner livestreamed her arrest on the social media platform, which shows Victoria police entering her home with a warrant and handcuffing her in her pajamas. “You’re under arrest in relation to incitement,” one of the officers says, explaining […]
A man has now been charged with assaulting a British Transport Police officer in connection with a fight that began over the wearing of face masks. Footage of the incident, which has since caught unfortunate fire among those who might best be described as anti-maskers on social media, shows the man who declined to vacate a […]
Two Missouri men, described as supporters of Blue Lives Matter inanity, were arrested this week after law enforcement officials received a tip indicating that they were on their way to Kenosha, Wisconsin with a “major cache of firearms and weapons.” Police in Iowa are said to have received a tip about two men who were […]
Months before George Floyd died in police custody, a 41-year-old Black man suffered a similar fate. On Wednesday, the Rochester Police Department in New York released bodycam footage of a March 23 incident involving Chicago resident Daniel Prude. According to Oregon Live, the man was in Rochester visiting family when his brother reported to police that his brother was […]
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies shot and killed a Black man on Monday. Speaking with CBS Los Angeles, a woman who witnessed the shooting but chose not to be identified said she knew the victim—who has been identified by family as 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee—and noted what she explained as a use of excessive force. […]
During a bizarre and unsettling interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News, Donald Trump decided to use a golf comparison when talking about police committing acts of violence and brutality against people. “You know, a choker. They Choke… shooting the guy in the back many times, I mean, couldn’t you have done something different,” he said, bringing […]
San Antonio police stopped and detained a Black man on Tuesday that was jogging, while officers were looking for a suspect involved in a domestic violence assault. Video of the incident emerged on social media, which shows officers forcibly pushing the man into the police car while he yells, CNN reports. The man whom they […]
Berlin authorities cracked down on a massive protest Saturday, claiming participants had failed to comply with the city’s coronavirus rules. Which wasn’t too surprising, considering the demonstration was against those very restrictions. According to the New York Times, Berlin officials estimate about 18,000 gathered in the capital calling for an end to the months-long COVID-19 lockdown. Officers say they were […]
