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Moment Ferguson cops shot at caught on cam
An amateur video has emerged online showing exactly the moment two policemen were shot during a rally near the Ferguson police department. The shooting occurred in the early hours of Thursday as people were rallying outside the police station. Two police officers were shot in the incident as was confirmed by police.
Activist group Anonymous has joined Colorado protesters in asking for transparency during the investigation into the death of a teenage girl shot by police. The 16-year-old was driving a stolen car, which Denver police say she used to strike an officer.
A police officer responding to a call of a suspicious car in the Park Hill neighborhood of Denver early Monday morning arrived at the alley location, ran the vehicle’s license plate, determined the car was stolen and called for backup, Police Chief Robert White told reporters at the scene.
"As the officer exited the vehicle, the driver of the [stolen] vehicle struck one of the officers in the leg,"White said.
Outrage has grown over the police killing of a New Jersey man as he tried to get out of a car with his hands up. Now protesters are asking the state's attorney to take over the investigation due to conflicts of interest in the county prosecutor’s office.
Police in Bridgeton released a video Tuesday showing two police officers, Braheme Days and Roger Worley, shooting and killing Jerame Reid after he tried to get out of a car with his hands up during what originally seemed to be a routine traffic stop. The incident happened on December 30, but the Bridgeton Police Department only made the recording available after receiving an open records request.
A small group gathered outside the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office after the footage was released, calling for the state attorney general to take over the investigation. The demonstration ‒ the third of its kind since the shooting ‒ was led by civil rights activist Walter Hudson, and included a number of community figures, the South Jersey Times reported.
Police in New Jersey have released a video showing two police officers shooting a black man dead after he tried to get out of his car with his hands up. The incident happened on December 30, but the recording has only just been made available.
#BlackLivesMatter: Tactics, Class Warfare, & the Legacy of Racism
President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address only briefly mentioned efforts to combat police brutality, but while he called for reform of the criminal justice system, many advocates for change criticized the brevity of his remarks.
Despite months of massive civil protests over the failures of the justice system to indict police officers for the deaths of African Americans Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in New York City, scant mention was made on the issue until the end of President Obama’s speech.
Referring to the controversial deaths as “the events of Ferguson and New York,” President Obama asked people to see both sides of the issue.
To highlight "police and state violence against black people,” at least 23 protesters were arrested Thursday after chaining themselves to barriers and blocking both sides of Interstate 93 in the Boston area, slowing the morning commute at its peak.
Massachusetts state police said the early morning protest shut down Interstate 93 northbound at East Milton Square, which is south of the city, and southbound in the Medford-Somerville area north of the city, according to MyFoxBoston.com. Seventeen protesters were arrested on I-93 south and six on I-93 north.
Police reported that power saws were needed to unlodge protesters who had chained themselves to barrels.
Darren Wilson grand juror sues prosecutor over right to speak
The death of Cleveland woman Tanisha Anderson – who was in the midst of being detained after police physically restrained her during a mental health call by her family – has been ruled a homicide by the county medical examiner.
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s office made the announcement on Friday, ruling that Anderson experienced “sudden death associated with physical restraint in a prone position.” The office also said heart disease and bipolar disease were factors contributing to her death, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported.
The incident happened on November 13, when Anderson’s family called police explaining she was creating a disturbance. The 37-year-old African American woman was mentally ill and suffered from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. After police came to the house, a discussion followed in which it was agreed that Anderson would go to a hospital for an evaluation.
