The trial of former Detective David March and former Officers Joseph Walsh and Thomas Gaffney of the Chicago Police Department begins today. The men are charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice and misconduct in the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. They are the first Chicago officers to face criminal…
Tag: Police Misconduct
Opinion: There's More to Lasou Kuyateh's Story Than Meets The Eye
I watched the New York Times video on the bogus arrest of Lasou Kuyateh. There were red flags from beginning to end, regarding the incident. From the illegal search of the young mens’ bodies, to the officer’s body camera’s “technical difficulties” and even Officer Kyle Erickson’s insistence that all of…
Update: Civil Rights Attorney Threatens to Release Identity of Officer Who Shot Black Security Guard
Jemel Roberson’s killer, a Midloathian officer, has not been named for over two weeks, and the civil rights attorney for the family says it’s hiding evidence. Other than the officer being identified as white, a four-year veteran of the Midloathian Police Department, and seven years in the field, and a…
Update: Illinois Task Force Rushes to Release Details That Contradict 'Security' Hat Claim
The Illinois State Police Public Integrity Task Force released a preliminary report less than three days after the shooting of Jemel Roberson, Black security guard in Robbins, Ill, which contradicted what witnesses and Roberson’s family attorney have said. It claims witnesses said Roberson was wearing “plain black clothing with no…
Feds Take Years to File Civil Rights Charges Against Cops
The Washington Post examined over 50 civil rights cases against officers and found that charges were filed, on average, more than three years after the event. For example, Eric Garner, who had asthma, was killed in 2014 by NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who along with others tackled him to the…
Charges Dropped Against Black Boy Who Played With a Toy Gun
Zahiem Salahuddin, a 13-year-old 8th grade student, was playing with his friends on the basketball court in Grays Ferry, Pa., this past summer. Salahuddin had a plastic toy gun that shot an orange plastic ball. A white boy was hit with the plastic ball. It was unclear which child shot…
Black Girl Gets Repeatedly Punched By Cops: Video
In Coral Springs, Fla., a Black female was recorded being punched by a white male cop. In a video taken by a bystander, a 14-year-old girl lies facedown while being held down by one cop, and getting punched in the side of her belly by another cop during an arrest….
Police Get Prison Time for Framing a Black Teen
Biscayne Park Police Chief Raimundo Atesiano claimed a perfect rate of solving burglaries, by charging his subordinates with stopping people of color at the “badlands”— the border of the predominantly white suburban city. Officers Charlie Dayoub, Raul Fernandez, and Guillermo Ravelo complied with their chief’s request, and paid the price….
Moving While Black: 'They think I'm stealing, I've been hearing this for 40 years,' Says Karle Robinson
Karle Robinson, 61, a retired Army vet was finally living his dream moving to the countryside. He bought a home in Tonganoxie, Kan., and had almost finished a grueling 12-hour move back in August, in the early hours of the morning, when police showed up, shined flashlights, and asked him…
Sheriff in New Jersey Resigns After Recordings of Racist Remarks Surface
A sheriff in Bergen County, N.J., resigned on Friday after racist comments he made about Black people, and Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, were released to the public. Following New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s inauguration on Jan. 16, Michael Saudino, who attended, can be heard in audio clips, released by WNYC…