The recent video of police in upstate New York using pepper spray against a 9-year-old girl draws attention to a pattern of disproportionately harsh punishment against Black girls by law enforcement and other authority figures.
In a string of shootings that occurred in Florida and Pennsylvania on Friday, one police officer was fatally shot and five other cops were wounded.
A Florida police officer is facing felony charges after he violently shoved a 13-year-old boy for arguing with his mother.
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