Tag: police brutality

As Martin Luther King Jr. preached, we must reject peace that prioritizes calm over justice — and work toward building a positive peace instead.

“Anytime there’s a complaint against law enforcement, there’s always a real possibility of trust—losing public trust.”

Dr. David Fowler contradicted most other expert witnesses in the trial and suggested heart trouble and other issues, not the police restraint, caused George Floyd’s death.

Rather than compensation and apologies from the individuals and institutions that snatched these individuals from their families and communities, African American victims of police violence have been smeared over and over again in death.

“This is not community policing. This is community terrorism.”

The maximum penalty for the deprivation-of-rights offenses is 10 years of imprisonment and the maximum penalty for false report offenses is 20 years of imprisonment.

Reforming the Defense Department's 1033 program "is a reasonable step towards demilitarizing our police forces while preserving the safety of our communities."

The trial is putting a spotlight on “the disproportionate killing of Black people by police” in the United States.

Last week, two of the officers were fired from the department after police officials reviewed the body cam videos.

The former sheriff was released on a $15,000 bond.