NYPD cops accused of raping an intoxicated woman after helping her home: The owner of the bar, Heather Millstone, 34, said she gave the district attorney’s office footage from a camera near the door of the bar on East 13th Street after two women arrived on Dec. 7 and said their friend had been attacked Read More
NYPD cops accused of raping an intoxicated woman after helping her home: The owner of the bar, Heather Millstone, 34, said she gave the district attorney’s office footage from a camera near the door of the bar on East 13th Street after two women arrived on Dec. 7 and said their friend had been attacked Read More
[brightcove vid=14370236001&exp=1526070353&w=320&h=288] From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: A video showing a King County Sheriff’s deputy pummeling a 15-year-old girl in a holding cell was released Friday over the strenuous objections of the officer’s attorney. The case goes beyond police misconduct, County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg said in a prepared statement. “It’s about criminal misconduct. And that’s why Read More
*trigger warning* On New Year’s Day, 22-year-old Oscar Grant was shot in the back by Bay Area Rapid Transit Police. He was unarmed and apparently restrained and handcuffed at the time of the shooting. UPDATE: A clearer video, via Feministe.
Yesterday we linked to a roundtable (yeah, yeah, we know) on NPR’s News and Notes moderated by Farai Chideya. During the conversation, Desmond Burton, a.k.a. Afronerd, made a comment about the shooting death of Tarika Wilson by a SWAT team, associating Wilson’s name and biography with the sad end of her life. Burton: … In Read More
On The Blogger’s Roundtable on NPR’s News and Notes, Lauren Williams of Stereohyped, Jozen Cummings of King, and Desmond Burton of Afronerd, discussed the controversial police shooting of unarmed woman 26-year-old named Tarika Wilson and her 1-year-old child in Lima, Ohio. But, well, okay. We’ll let you read. Burton: … In looking at that story, Read More
