Police Brutality
Our surprise that five Black police officers could brutalize another Black man indicates we have an impoverished understanding of race and racism in this country.
Jason Whitlock, the Clayton Bigsby of Steven A. Smiths, blamed single Black mothers for the violent killing of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police.
Tyre Nichols' autopsy results are consistent with claims he died from injuries sustained during a "severe beating" from Memphis police, his family's attorneys said.
A Memphis councilman who said he's been told about the bodycam video showing Tyre Nichols' violent arrest said the footage is "disgusting."
The Butler County, Ohio cops on video punching Latinka Hancock in the face over a Big Mac were not fired after brutalizing the Black woman.
A jury awarded Caron Nazario less than $4,000 of the $1 million he sued for after Virginia cops assaulted the Black Army officer on video in 2020. "It is open season on citizens in Virginia," his lawyer said.
It was easier to fire cops for consensual sex than it often is to fire cops for killing Black people.
Caron Nazario sued two Virginia officers seen on video pepper-spraying the motorist.
The officer was suspended after video showed him beating a 12-year-old outside of a school.
Dalvin Gadson filed a federal lawsuit against three members of the Colorado Springs Police Department involved in a violent stop.
Greene died in custody in 2019 after he was brutalized during an arrest at a traffic stop.
