A reflection on last year's May Day Immigration Rallies

"It was the third annual nationwide protest on May 1, calling for changes in immigration laws and a reduction in police raids and arrests that have led to increased deportations. The turnout at rallies, in...

IAN TOMLINSON

A protest and march from Bethnal Green police station to the Bank of England, to where Ian Tomlinson died after being attacked by police on April 1st.

Who Killed Kugan?

Who killed Kugan? Did Kugan die because of police brutality?These two vital questions need to be answered in the light of new second postmortem report.A. Kugan,22, should not die in vain.Apparently, he was severely...

Teen tobacco use – warning. Cannabis – the jail experience.

As parents, you have to ask yourself, why is a substance like tobacco, which prematurely kills half of the people who use it, worth just a warning, whereas, possession of cannabis, which is non-toxic and causes no...

BART officer arrested on murder warrant in NY Day shooting

The transit officer responsible for killing Oscar Grant in San Francisco has been taken into custody in Nevada State on murder charges. From Pan-African News Wire: =============================== Demian Bulwa,...

TEXAS POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF RACIAL PROFILING SHOOTS UNARMED B

Aside from the New Year's Day killing of Oscar Grant by BART police officers, December 31st saw the shooting of another unarmed African man by police officers in Texas.  Similar to the Grant case, Robbie...

Transgender Woman Who Was Set to Sue the City Found Dead

In Feburary of this year police offers at the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center in Memphis,TN were caught on camera beating a transgender woman by the name of Duanna Johnson. Johnson was hancuffed at...

How San Francisco Really Treats Its Homeless - Police & DPW Assault Them

These photos and video clips look like something out of a Nazi Concentration Camp.  Bright lights, physical kicking and water canons used against people who are suffering and in need of a safe place to...

Iraq Veteran Stomped by Police Horse at US Presidential Debate

I am posting this story as it has come to me via nettime. These photos and videos and eyewitness accounts clearly show a veteran of the Iraq war being stomped on by a police horse while demonstrating outside the gates at the final US Presidential debate in Long Island, NY....

Kids Village Attacked by Police At National Rainbow Gathering

9 min. ~ Download iPod ~ Bandwidth Challengedembedding options @ Revver On July 3rd Law Enforcement Officers attacked Kid Village at the Rainbow Gathering with Tazers and Pepper Ball Machine Guns. ...

US police seen in kicking video

"US police are investigating a video showing a group of officers in Philadelphia apparently pulling three suspects out of a car and beating them.The incident was filmed by a TV helicopter overhead. The officers were responding to reports of a shooting nearby, police said."

39 wrongful death or personal injury lawsuits where a Taser was used.

Taser International is currently named as a defendant in at least 39 wrongful death or personal injury lawsuits where a Taser was used. The company is aggressive in defending itself in such lawsuits and has entered into agreements to prevent its own insurance provider...

18 taser deaths in Canada! full video of the vancouver airport police killing

Taser death full version - viewer discretionfor the full video by Paul Pritchard - runs 2min 37 sec.   drop this address in your browser...

Cop Punches Suspect During Arrest - Caught on Tape

A police officer is on unpaid administrative leave after punching a man during an arrest Tuesday. It happened in Braddock, just outside of Pittsburgh. The suspect was in handcuffs and the officer was loading...

The Taser Story: Who Do We Blame, Bro? « This Week's Top Scrooge

Weekly column at TheScroogeReport.com   " Entering the Andrew Meyer taser debate with both eyes wide open This Week’s Top Scrooge - September 21, 2007    The definition of Taser...

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