Law Forum : Black Lives Matter (movement): NYC - Chokehold Death of Eric Garner

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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Analysis: For Blacks and Latinos, a Police Officer’s Indictment Isn’t Enough


... The idea of penalizing minor crimes, supposedly to prevent more serious ones, is known as the “broken windows” theory of policing. It is, in part, what led Liang and his partner to that darkened stairwell in Brooklyn—and, ultimately, part of a strategy of flooding poor black communities with rookie officers.

Liang may or may not be convicted in Gurley’s death, but this much is clear: Deadly police policies are the real culprit. True accountability lies in institutional change of the NYPD—ending broken windows policing and engaging with local communities through foot patrols. So often, residents encounter police only during arrests. It would also help to stop flooding working-class black and Latino communities with novice police officers. The bottom line: The NYPD must serve residents, not kill them ...

http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-why-york-police-officers-indictment-isnt-enough-185424732.html

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[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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This copycat protest is strong indication of the on-going success of the Michael Brown movement ...




Hundreds protest police shooting in Washington state



PASCO, Wash. (AP) — Hundreds gathered in southeastern Washington on Saturday to protest police brutality in the wake of a deadly shooting of a man who had been throwing rocks at the police ...

http://news.yahoo.com/hundreds-protest-police-shooting-washington-state-063700521.html

(AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; SEATTLE TIMES OUT; TV OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

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[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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The plot thickens framily, black police lives matter also ...




Letter in police mailboxes: Black officers belong in toilet


BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A threatening letter that disparages black police officers has been found stuffed in mailboxes at a police department.

State police are investigating the unsigned letter, which is on Bridgeport Police Department letterhead and begins and ends with the term "white power," city officials said Wednesday. Black officers said it was at least the third hate-filled message to circulate within the police department over the past year ...


http://news.yahoo.com/letter-police-mailboxes-black-officers-belong-toilet-214148635.html

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[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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... Did Bratton receive an epiphany about the plight of Black People? ...




NYPD commissioner: 'Many of the worst parts of black history would have been impossible without police, too.'


After dropping some names in honor of Black History Month (Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks), Bratton conceded a shocking sentiment for a leader so loyal to his department and policing in general:

" The best parts of American history would have been impossible without the police. Many of the worst parts of black history would have been impossible without police, too."

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/nypd-commissioner-many-worst-parts-181147999.html

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[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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Chicago protesters demand probe of what they call police 'black site'


... CHICAGO (Reuters) - About 200 protesters gathered outside a police facility in Chicago on Saturday, demanding an investigation into a media report denied by police that the site functions as an off-the-books interrogation compound ...

http://news.yahoo.com/chicago-protesters-demand-probe-call-police-black-010438158.html

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