Recent allegations of police brutality in Hamilton County, Tennessee have prompted the county’s District Attorney’s Office to set up a hotline for residents to make reports. The DA’s office said they’ve received a number of videos that have prompted them to investigate. One of these videos includes dashcam footage of…
Tag: Brutality
Officer Fired for Body-Slamming Sixth Grader
A video of a San Antonio, Texas, school police officer body-slamming a 12-year-old girl on March 29 that went viral resulted in the officer’s termination on Monday. Joshua Kehm, the 27-year-old former officer, was fired, “effective immediately,” a statement from the San Antonio Independent School District reported. Related Story: School…
D.C. Cop’s Use of Force Against Black Student Found ‘Reasonably Necessary’
By Sheryl Estrada Michael Brown, left, and Jason Goolsby, right, with Peter Grenier, Goolsby’s attorney, at a news conference on Oct. 15 An internal review released by the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department on Nov. 25 found that an officer’s use of force on Oct. 12 to detain Jason Goolsby…