News From A Colorful Perspective
(Pictured is Police Commissioner Richard Ross Jr.) Thirteen Philadelphia police officers are going to be fired in the wake of the Plain View Project’s (PVP) June release of over 5,000 offensive and violent Facebook posts from cops across the country. The online database was born out of a 2016 discovery…
Wichita County, Kansas police chief Gordon Ramsay may share a name with the famous chef known for his loud tirades, but he, instead, has remained silent on concerns regarding police brutality in his department. AP reports documents in a recent civil suit against Wichita police show Ramsay acknowledging his belief…
The Fourth Circuit Court has ruled 2-1 that settlement money cannot silence victims of police brutality in Baltimore, the Courthouse News Service reports. The case began in 2012 when Baltimore resident Ashley Overbey accused three officers of beating her during a confrontation after she reported a burglary in her home….
As public conversation over President Trump’s proposed (and rejected) inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census continues, another census is reflecting intersectional concern over critical issues facing the Black LGBT community. Related story: Republicans Are Not Giving Up on the 2020 Citizenship Question As part of the 2019…
Shaquille Dukes, who is Black, had been in the hospital in Freeport, Ill., for two days with pneumonia when his doctor cleared him to go for a walk outside on June 9, as long as he didn’t leave hospital property. Then, he was arrested, and some of it was filmed….
Officer Brian Livernois of the Largo Police Department in Florida was caught on camera choking 17-year-old Reggie Tullis, a Black teenager after he wouldn’t extinguish a cigar. The burly cop was fired after an internal investigation that determined Livernois violated department policy. The action was deemed racist by people who…
In Stockton, California, on May 25, 26-year-old James Weaver was violently stopped in a road rage incident. Weaver said he feared for his life during the stop that stemmed from an alleged “traffic violation” with off-duty cop, Kevin Hachler. He was driving an SUV which hauled a U-Haul trailer along…
More people are killed by police in California than in any other state in the union. In response to the deaths, the California Assembly passed legislation Wednesday to change rules governing when police officers in the state can use lethal force. Using Assembly Bill 392: The California Act to Save Lives,…
A white Atlanta Police Department officer seen in a viral cellphone video slamming Maggie Thomas to the ground and shocking her with a stun gun, in front of her 4-year-old daughter, over a warrant for a speeding ticket has been fired. The incident started when Sgt. James Hines was patrolling…
Christopher Krickovich, a Florida deputy, was placed on leave after a video of him and fellow deputies slamming a 15-year-old boy’s head into the pavement during a trespassing arrest went viral this weekend. The video has sparked outrage from celebrities like LeBron James and Steve Kerr. One officer involved claims…
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