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Friday, April 24, 2015

Police Dashcam Video Shows Shooting of Unarmed Man


A police dash cam video has emerged of Florida police officer Adam Lin gunning down 20-year-old unarmed black man Dontrell Stephens who was left paralyzed from the waist down by the shooting. We take a look at the video on the Lip News with John Fenoglio and Jo Ankier.

Police Electrocuted Man To Death For Sagging Pants


"Ervin Leon Edwards, 38, died face down in a jail cell after a half-dozen officers held him down and tasered him, then left him for dead.

His crime? Police were questioning him about an argument with his girlfriend and then began harassing him over his “sagging pants,” according to the lawsuit. He was arrested moments later and brought to the West Baton Rouge jail.

As Edwards was being arrested, for seemingly no reason, he began to voice his discontent. Nonetheless, officers still managed to restrain him and bring him to jail.

During the arrest, police threatened to taser Edwards at which point his girlfriend begged them not to because of Edward’s high blood pressure, according to the lawsuit.

What happens next can only be described as gross criminal negligence on behalf of Port Allen Police."

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Baltimore Activists: "Freddie Gray Was Lynched"


Watch the full Democracy Now! segment with Eddie Conway on the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore: http://ow.ly/M1KXQ 

US protesters march toward police dept. in Baltimore Maryland


Protesters in the U-S state of Maryland have held yet another rally, demanding justice for a black man who died of a spinal injury he sustained during arrest.

The protesters started their rally from the street where Freddie Gray was arrested in Baltimore toward the city's police department. They were carrying placards bearing the message Black Lives Matter. The Justice Department has opened an investigation into Gray's death which once again sparked angry protests over police brutality across the country. The 25-year-old Gray was arrested on April 12 and died a week later. His autopsy showed that he died from a severe injury to his spinal cord. Police suspended the six officers involved and pledged to properly investigate the case.