Archives for ديسمبر 2014

“Lynching Rebranded”: Mothers Who Lost Children To Police Violence Speak Out

Who has felt the pain of police killings more acutely, more intimately than the mothers of the victims of police violence? Armed with their pain and a will to change the system, some of these mothers met in Washington earlier this month to find ways to work together.

بواسطة Sean Nevins
Police Shooting

Phaedra Parks, left, comforts Desuirea Harris, the grandmother of Michael Brown, during a news conference Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, in Jennings, Mo. Michael Brown, 18, was shot and killed in a confrontation with police in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo, on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. (AP/Jeff Roberson) WASHINGTON --- On Dec. 9, a group of

Police Union Caught Putting GPS On Rival Politician’s Car And Framing Him For DUI

Protecting and serving is the new racketeering.

بواسطة John Vibes
French Quarter Stabbing

Costa Mesa, California – This week, two former police officers were arrested and charged with felonies after a plot to frame a local politician failed miserably. Private investigators and former police officers Chris Lanzillo and Scott Impola now face felony charges of illegal use of a tracking device, false imprisonment by deceit, conspiracy to

Israel Seeks Assurances Of US Veto Ahead Of Palestinian Push For UN Resolution

Netanyahu sought assurances from Kerry that Washington would block efforts by Palestinians and Europeans on Palestinian statehood.

بواسطة Al Akhbar

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, second right, speaks with ministers prior to a vote at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. Updated at 5:45 pm (GMT +2): US Secretary of State John Kerry claimed on Tuesday the United States had made "no determinations" about any possible UN Security Council

Historic Victory: Congress To Prohibit DOJ From Undermining State Marijuana Laws

For the first time in US history the federal government is cutting off funding for enforcement of marijuana laws.

بواسطة Jay Syrmopoulos

  A bag of medical marijuana. (AP/Ross D. Franklin) Washington, D.C. – The final federal spending bill that Congress will consider this next week includes amendments that block the Justice Department from spending any funds on undermining state marijuana laws, according to the Drug Policy Alliance. In addition, the spending bill also

Man Arrested After Filming Police Beating Man And Pregnant Girlfriend

Meanwhile the department has defended the violent actions of their officers concerning the August incident and Officer Charles “Chris” Jones has even received a promotion and raise.

بواسطة Carey Wedler
pregnantwomancops

A screenshot taken from the video depicting Denver  officers brutally a beating a man and his pregnant girlfriend. (TheAntiMedia) DENVER, CO – In August, a man filmed Denver police beating a man and tripping his pregnant girlfriend over drug suspicions. The police noticed Levi Frasier recording, confiscated his Samsung tablet without

What Police Actually Get Punished For

“Americans have, for decades, sat quietly by and rationalized police violence and abuse. They refuse to indict officers who kill.”

بواسطة Carey Wedler

Los Angeles police officers on duty at a skate park. (Photo/Michael Dorausch via Flickr) (TheAntiMedia) Everyday, cops get away with murder. This is no surprise. In New York City, only 2% of cops over a 15 year period were so much as indicted for killing citizens. They under report their homocides and grand juries across the country let