Police
A white Georgia police officer was let go from his position after video of him running over a Black suspect with his cruiser surfaced. Officer Taylor Saulters of the Athens-Clarke County Police Department hit fleeing suspect Timmy Patmon who was also threatened with a taser gun.
The six police officers connected to the death of Baltimore man Freddie Gray will not face federal charges according to new reports.
It seems D.C. police could care less that the tensions between the African-American community and police are at an all time high. Several members of MPDC were recently caught sporting supremacist clothing while on duty.
A new report from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examined police camera footage and released data that revealed Black drivers often face harsher language and treatment when compared to white drivers. We’d like to take this moment to collectively offer our scientific assessment of the findingss by saying, “NO DUH!”
A White police officer in Michigan is accusing city government of making racially insensitive remarks after he revealed he was part-Black.
Looks like cops actually do arrest other cops. An Atlanta-area Sheriff is trouble after getting caught with his pants down at a local park.
Community organizers and parents in Grand Rapids, Mich. are demanding some changes after five African-American boys were held at gunpoint by police for matching a description.
The Gwinett County Police department has terminated two police officers after they were caught on video punching and kicking an unarmed motorist.
Dave Chappelle, the popular comedian who calls Yellow Springs, Ohio home, has become more than just a celebrity fixture in the small town. Speaking at city council meeting to select a new police chief, Chappelle made an appeal to the council and other residents that the department’s next top cop should be carefully selected.
Another aggressive cop is in the news. This time it’s an Anaheim, Calif. police officer who reportedly manhandled a 13-year old boy and nearly shot his father, on their lawn.
NYPD Captain Peter Rose expressed some interesting viewpoints when it comes to rape. In his world, acquaintance rape might not be as deplorable as stranger rape.
NFL free agent Roddy White shared a disturbing interaction with a police officer where a gun was brandished over a speeding ticket.