A Few Bad Apples?
When the System is Rooted in White Supremacy “The system worked in the sense that it performed the function it was designed to perform; to kill Black people and either justify it, cover it up, or both. This is the system, this has always been the system, and...
Federal appeals court rejects police use of taser against man recovering from diabetic seizure
Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, which sets legal precedent for the states of Florida, Alabama, and Georgia, ruled that a jury could find that police used unconstitutional excessive force when they tasered a man recovering from a diabetic...
Police in Massachusetts and New York held accountable for civil rights violations in court
Last week, victims of civil rights abuses by police scored two victories in Massachusetts and New York. In Massachusetts, in Stamps v. Framingham, the federal First Circuit Court of Appeals held that a police officer who holds a loaded gun at the head of a...
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