Police : COPS DEHUMANIZING BLACKS FOR FUN

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Bodycam video shows Black teen, 13, raising his arms before cop shot, paralyzed him

Police bodycam video of an officer shooting a 13-year-old boy appears to show the boy raising his hands in the air a moment before shots were fired.

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Report: Ousted police chief recorded boasting that he 'shot that n----- 119 times'

Sam Dobbins was fired after being surreptitiously recorded by Robert Lee Hooker, a Black officer in the Lexington Police Department.

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Black woman dies after allegedly falling out of police car in Georgia

A Georgia woman was pronounced dead after she allegedly “fell out of a patrol car” following a mental health episode.

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Two former Minneapolis officers sentenced to prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights​

J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao were sentenced in back-to-back hearings Wednesday. Kueng was sentenced to 3 years in prison; Thao must serve 3½.

Two former Minneapolis police officers who were found guilty of federal charges of violating George Floyd’s civil rights were sentenced to prison Wednesday.
A judge sentenced J. Alexander Kueng to three years and Tou Thao to 3½ years for their roles in Floyd's death in 2020. Both are also required to complete two years of supervised release when their prison sentences end.

Kueng and Thao were convicted in February of depriving Floyd of his civil rights while acting under government authority when they failed to give him medical aid and of not intervening to stop their fellow officer Derek Chauvin from using excessive force.

Former Minneapolis Police Officers Tou Thao, left, and J. Alexander Kueng, center, along with an attorney, leave U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minn., on Jan. 11.Kerem Yucel / AFP via Getty Images file
Last week, a federal judge ruled that guidelines for Kueng’s and Thao’s sentences would be calculated in a way that would reduce their potential prison time. The two headed into Wednesday’s hearing with a recommended sentencing range of 4¼ to 5¼ years.
Kueng and Thao still face state charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in a trial set for late October.
On May 25, 2020, Kueng, Thao, Chauvin and former Minneapolis Police Officer Thomas Lane were responding to a call about a counterfeit bill from a convenience store in Minneapolis’ Powderhorn Park neighborhood when they encountered Floyd, 46.
Lane and Kueng, both rookie officers and partners on the call, were on top of Floyd, a Black man, as Chauvin applied deadly pressure to Floyd’s neck and he gasped for air. Thao was in charge of crowd control. Floyd's death spurred protests against systemic racism around the world.




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Beating victim cleared as Louisiana trooper awaits trial​

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana has dropped its case against a Black man whose severe beating before his arrest in 2019 led to criminal charges and lawsuits against a state trooper.

© Provided by Associated PressFIILE - Aaron Larry Bowman cries during an interview at his attorney's office in Monroe, La., Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, as he discusses his injuries resulting from a Louisiana State trooper pummeling him with a flashlight during a traffic stop. Louisiana has dropped its case against Bowman, whose severe beating before his arrest in 2019 led to criminal charges and lawsuits against a state trooper. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
A traffic violation and charges of resisting an officer had been hanging over Aaron Bowman for two years. Court documents show the Louisiana Attorney General’s office moved to dismiss the charges against Bowman on Monday, citing “insufficient evidence to support prosecution” and “credibility issues” with the officers who arrested him.
Former state trooper Jacob Brown faces a federal charge of violating Bowman's civil rights in connection with the beating in May 2019. He has pleaded not guilty. A trial date of March 20 was set Tuesday.
The federal indictment accuses Brown of beating Bowman with a flashlight that had a “tactical cap” designed to break glass.
Video and police records show Bowman was struck 18 times with a flashlight in 24 seconds. Records show it happened when he pulled into the driveway of his home in Monroe after police tried to pull him over for improper lane usage. He was not immediately taken into custody after the beating, but was arrested on a warrant issued a few days later.

The Attorney General’s Office took over prosecution of the charges against Bowman after his attorneys asked a court to recuse the local prosecutor, 4th Judicial District Attorney Robert Tew.

Bowman is suing state police and multiple Ouachita Parish agencies in civil court.
In the federal criminal case, Brown is charged with “deprivation of rights under color of law."
Bowman's case came to light as scrutiny of the Louisiana State Police intensified amid allegations of use of excessive force and racism.
The U.S. Justice Department last month announced a sweeping civil rights investigation of the agency amid mounting evidence of a pattern of looking away from beatings of mostly Black men, including the 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, who died in custody after being beaten following a chase.
The announcement followed an Associated Press investigation that found at least a dozen cases over the past decade in which state police troopers or their bosses ignored or concealed evidence of beatings, deflected blame and impeded efforts to root out misconduct. Dozens of current and former troopers said the beatings were countenanced by a culture of impunity, nepotism and, in some cases, outright racism




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