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One Year & 44 Rounds Later, Questions In Baltimore Case Of Keith Davis

June 10, 2016 Alice Speri, www.theintercept.com , , ,
By Alice Speri for The Intercept - ONE YEAR AGO this week, Keith Davis Jr. almost became another rallying cry against police brutality when four Baltimore police officers chased him into a garage and fired off 44 rounds at him, striking him three times, including in the face. Had he died, Davis would have become the first person killed by Baltimore police since Freddie Gray, who died in April 2015 of a severed spine after officers loaded him handcuffed, shackled and unrestrained into a police van.

Fighting To Live Free Of Police Violence While Black

June 8, 2016 Alicia Garza, www.truth-out.org , , , ,
By Alicia Garza for Truthout - 2010 marked the beginning of a historic period of Black resistance to police terrorism and state-sanctioned violence. Beginning with the murder of Oscar Grant in January 2010 by then-BART police officer Johannes Mehserle, and continuing with the high-profile cases of Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Renisha McBride, Michael Brown, Rekia Boyd, Tamir Rice and too many others, police violence, particularly in poor and Black communities, has taken center stage nationwide.

Baltimore Officers Sue Prosecutor Over Freddie Gray Case

May 26, 2016 Justin Fenton and Kevin Rector, www.baltimoresun.com , , ,
By Justin Fenton and Kevin Rector for The Baltimore Sun - Two officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray are suing Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby for defamation and invasion of privacy. Sgt. Alicia White and Officer William Porter, who are facing charges of involuntary manslaughter in the 25-year-old's death last April, filed the lawsuit against Mosby, Baltimore sheriff's office Maj. Sam Cogen and the state of Maryland on May 2, according to Baltimore Circuit Court records made public Wednesday.

Healthcare Professionals Demand Police Brutality Be Declared Health Crisis

May 26, 2016 Sana Saleem, www.48hills.org ,
By Sana Saleem for 48 Hills - and healthcare professionals from the University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco State University argued yesterday that police brutality should be seen as a public health issue. The event was put together by the “Do No Harm Coalition” a coalition of healthcare workers and students that formed after the hunger strike to start working on addressing the issue of police violence in San Francisco. The event featured four members of the Frisco 5 – the five San Francisco residents who went on a 17-day hunger strike to demand resignation of Chief Suhr

Call For Action In Investigation Of Christopher Davis Death

May 25, 2016 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org ,
By Staff of The Coalition for Justice - Milwaukee, WI- On February 24th, 2016 Christopher Davis was shot and killed by Walworth sheriff’s deputy Juan Ortiz. Since his death, the Walworth County Sherriff’s Office has failed to provide information to the family regarding the circumstances surrounding his death. There has been a lack of transparency by the police department and the Wisconsin Department of Justice, which is currently investigating the case. Davis’ family is demanding information to be shared with them. The Coalition for Justice stands with the family of Davis in the search for information and for justice.

Reaction To Nero Acquittal On All Charges In Freddie Gray Case

May 24, 2016 Fern Shen, www.baltimorebrew.com , , , ,
By Fern Shen for Baltimore Brew - There was disappointment from some quarters – but not much surprise – that Edward Nero, the second Baltimore police officer to stand trial in connection with the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, was found not guilty today on all charges. During a five-day bench trial before Circuit Court Judge Barry G. Williams, prosecutors presented evidence on four misdemeanor charges, including second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office.

Police Arrest Protesters Occupying Outside Brooklyn DA’s Home

May 21, 2016 Christina Carrega-Woodby, Kerry Burke and Graham Rayman, www.nydailynews.com , , ,
By Christina Carrega-Woodby, Kerry Burke and Graham Rayman for Daily News - Seven people were arrested outside Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson’s home early Wednesday during a protest over his handling of the Peter Liang case, police said. About 20 people showed up at Thompson’s home in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, around 12:40 a.m. They beat drums and chanted, waking his neighbors and arousing the ire of the DA. “If the family of Akai Gurley cannot sleep tonight, Ken Thompson will not sleep tonight!” they shouted.

After Ongoing Protest Officer Who Killed Rekia Boyd Resigns

May 19, 2016 Aaron Cynic, www.chicagoist.com , , ,
By Aaron Cynic for Chicagoist - Chicago Police Detective Dante Servin, who shot and killed Rekia Boyd in 2012, has resigned. Police Board President Lori Lightfoot confirmed his resignation early Tuesday afternoon, just two days before a special hearing scheduled by the board, according to the Tribune. Servin killed the unarmed and innocent Boyd in Douglas Park while off-duty, when he fired an unregistered weapon over his shoulder into a crowd during an altercation.

#Frisco500 Shut Down City Hall To Stop Police Murders

May 12, 2016 Dave Welsh, www.sfbayview.com , ,
By Dave Welsh for San Francisco Bay View - San Francisco, May 8 – Inspired by the stamina of the “Frisco 5” hunger strikers, hundreds of chanting supporters occupied the rotunda and grand staircase inside City Hall for seven hours on May 6. Their demand: “We won’t leave City Hall until the mayor fires Greg Suhr,” the top cop complicit in a string of police murders of Black and Brown people in the city.

San Francisco Protesters Against Police Brutality End Hunger Strike

May 9, 2016 Steven Rosenfeld, www.alternet.or , , , ,
By Steven Rosenfeld for AlterNet - Five San Franciscans protesting police brutality and institutional racism against the city’s Black and Brown youths ended their hunger strike after 17 days, despite City Hall rejecting their key demand to fire Police Chief Greg Suhr. “As the health of #Frisco5 grows uncertain, the whole San Francisco community took the step to demand the hunger strikers suspend their hunger strike so they can return to the front lines and help shape this movement

Chicago’s Top Prosecutor Will Not Try Officer Who Killed Laquan McDonald

May 6, 2016 Julia Craven, www.huffingtonpost.com , , ,
By Julia Craven for The Huffington Post - Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez announced on Thursday that she will recuse herself from prosecuting the case against Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago Police officer accused of murdering 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014. Alvarez has asked that a special prosecutor be appointed. The move is a reversal for Alvarez, who had previously said a special prosecutor was unnecessary.

San Francisco Hunger Strikers Enter 9th Day To Protest Police Brutality

May 4, 2016 Steven Rosenfeld, www.alternet.org , , ,
By Steven Rosenfeld for AlterNet - A hunger strike protesting police violence and racial injustices against black and brown people has entered its ninth day in San Francisco. Eight men and women—including a Board of Supervisor candidate, two pre-school teachers, local rappers and family members—are camped out on a sidewalk outside the police station in the city’s gentrifying Mission district, which has experienced an exodus of Latino residents and artists in recent years.

$6 Million Is The Going Rate For Killing Unarmed Black People

April 26, 2016 Daniel Marans, www.huffingtonpost.com , , ,
By Daniel Marans for The Huffington Post - If a cop kills an unarmed black person, and that person’s family then sues the police, how much can the city expect to pay? Six million dollars, give or take. On Monday, the 2014 shooting death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy from Cleveland, became the fourth infamous police killing in the past two years to be settled out of court by a city for roughly this amount of money. Each of the four agreements spared the cities in question the obligation to admit wrongdoing.

US Counterinsurgency Policing Tactics Ravage Honduras

April 19, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net , , , ,
By Staff of Tele Sur - The U.S. is pushing a counterinsurgency policing model for Honduras, while ignoring state corruption, impunity and violence. Meanwhile, corpses pile up. Honduran media is ablaze with the latest in the constant stream of police corruption crises. This time the Honduran newspaper El Heraldo published a leaked police investigation into the November 2009 murder of the chief of the anti-narcotics unit Julian Aristides Gonzales, and the related December 2011 murder of his advisor, Alfredo Landaverde.

Cops Still Killing People, But Nation Has Stopped Paying Attention

April 19, 2016 Nick Wing and Julia Craven, www.huffingtonpost.com , ,
By Nick Wing and Julia Craven for The Huffington Post - The call came through Officer Geoffrey Freeman’s radio a few minutes before 10 a.m. on Feb. 8. “Complaint that somebody jumped a fence and tried to chase a neighbor,” the police dispatcher in Austin, Texas, said. “Black male, tall, thin, wearing jeans, boxers.” The dispatcher left Freeman with a final detail. “No weapons,” she can be heard saying just before the call, later released to the public, cuts out.
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