Dirty cop killed Rekia Boyd by an off-duty police detective on the West Side has died, while the other person has been charged with assault, officials said. Rekia Boyd, 22, of the 1500 block of California Avenue, was pronounced dead at 1:15 p.m. Thursday at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. The other person wounded by the detective, Antonio Cross, 39, of the 7100 block of South Ridgeland Avenue in the South Shore neighborhood, was released from Mount Sinai Hospital about being treated for a gunshot wound to the hand. Cross has been charged with aggravated assault, a misdemeanor, according to police. Police said Cross approached the detective's car with a handgun around 1 a.m. Wednesday near the intersection of 15th Place and Albany Avenue. The detective opened fire, hitting the him in the hand but also striking Boyd in the head, according to police officials
This blog stays updated with cases of Police Brutality against Black Men and the Black Community. These are just the cases that we are fortunate enough to hear about. But, there are several "unsung victims" whose story has never been told or videotaped. Infamous cases such as Rodney King and Oscar Grant are not isolated incidents. They exist amongst a corrupt system of impunity. Who am I? I am a “Concerned Member of the Black Community.”
Friday, August 24, 2012
"NEW" Cop Shot & Killed Innocent Black Woman (R.I.P Rekia Boyd)
Dirty cop killed Rekia Boyd by an off-duty police detective on the West Side has died, while the other person has been charged with assault, officials said. Rekia Boyd, 22, of the 1500 block of California Avenue, was pronounced dead at 1:15 p.m. Thursday at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. The other person wounded by the detective, Antonio Cross, 39, of the 7100 block of South Ridgeland Avenue in the South Shore neighborhood, was released from Mount Sinai Hospital about being treated for a gunshot wound to the hand. Cross has been charged with aggravated assault, a misdemeanor, according to police. Police said Cross approached the detective's car with a handgun around 1 a.m. Wednesday near the intersection of 15th Place and Albany Avenue. The detective opened fire, hitting the him in the hand but also striking Boyd in the head, according to police officials
Woman dies in Jail (Caught on Tape) R.I.P Anna Brown
Anna Brown, who sits on the floor inside St. Mary's Health Center telling the officers she did not need to leave because she did not receive adequate care for the pain in her legs Thursday, Sept. 21, 2011. A short time later Police arrested Brown for trespassing and resisting arrest. surveillance video obtained by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from Richmond Heights Police Department,
Police Brutality- F**K YOUR RIGHTS
Supreme Court pass the law that Police Brutality is okay and police can force Strip-Searches you anytime and Police has already started harassment people. the Supreme Court says you can be strip searched even if you are arrested for not wearing a seatbelt. Or you didn't leash your pooch. Or you forgot to use your turn signal. Or your muffler is too noisy.
Seriously.
Web Redemption- Philadelphia police
Philadelphia police officer was caught on camera getting his "money's worth." two weeks later 4 Philadelphia police officers start gang jump a skinny 18 year old black teen that also was caught on tape in fact police were looking into the camera phone.
RE: Police Brutality Worse than Rodney King - The Robert Leone Story
A handful of Pennsylvania State officers are under fire this month as attorneys review video showing arrestee Robert Leone being beaten to a bloody pulp.
Citizens Can Shoot Police
Police officers in Indiana are speaking out against a new law that gives citizens the right to use deadly force to protect themselves against a public servant who oversteps his authority. Tim Downs, president of the Indiana State Fraternal Order of Police, says the law (signed in March by Gov. Mitch Daniels, but only now getting national attention) might give people the impression that they can shoot police with impunity. "It's just a recipe for disaster," he tells Bloomberg. Here, a brief guide to this controversial legislation:
What exactly does the law say?
It authorizes people to protect themselves or their property by using deadly force in response to "unlawful intrusion" by a "public servant." The measure is essentially just a public-servant-specific amendment to the state's 2006 so-called Castle Doctrine bill, which allows people to do whatever they have to to stop someone from illegally entering a home or car. Indiana is reportedly the first state to specifically allow the use of force against police. The new rule was passed with a nudge from the National Rifle Association, which has pushed permissive gun laws around the country.
Why did Indiana push this law?
The state Supreme Court had previously ruled that citizens had no legal right to resist police officers, even in a case of unlawful entry. So before this new law was passed, explains Republican state Sen. Michael Young, people had no legal right to protect themselves from abuse at the hands of authorities. Indeed, he says, a homeowner could do nothing in the hypothetical case in which he returned home to find a police officer raping his wife — other than filing a lawsuit later.
Is this really necessary?
Not according to law enforcement officials, who lobbied against the bill. They say it's wholly unnecessary, as Indiana was not exactly being marauded by rogue cops. And now, anyone who's drunk or distraught might think he has a legal right to shoot a police officer in a dispute. "It just puts a bounty on our heads," Downs tells Bloomberg. Sergeant Joseph Hubbard, for one, says he now worries that every time he pulls over a car, the driver might shoot him and cite the law as justification. "Somebody is going get away with killing a cop because of this law."
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