
A vigil for Sandra Bland in New York’s Union Square Park Wednesday night skirted into conspiracy theory territory as protesters carried signs saying Bland had been “killed” and speakers suggested the failure to charge anyone in her death was a sign that justice had not been served.
by John Sexton31 Dec 2015, 4:46 PM PST0

Yesterday, we reported on the untimely death of open source software pioneer Ian Murdock, who died in sensational circumstances after a string of emotionally charged posts on social media in which he threatened suicide and claimed to have been the victim of a vicious incident of police brutality.
by Allum Bokhari31 Dec 2015, 1:06 PM PST0

Ian Murdock, a pioneer of Open Source software who created the Debian project, has passed away at 42 after a series of sensational public claims in which he alleged he was the victim of a serious incident of police brutality, threatened to commit suicide, and accused another Twitter user of wanting him dead.
by Allum Bokhari30 Dec 2015, 2:49 PM PST0

In an extended interview on Meet the Press, film director Spike Lee said he wanted his new film, “Chi-Raq,” to touch on “black-on-black violence” and make the point that “it’s not always policemen” killing black people.
by Jerome Hudson28 Dec 2015, 10:42 AM PST0

At least one police union has seemingly abandoned its plans to boycott Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight in the wake of the director’s participation in an anti-police brutality rally in October and his subsequent escalating rhetoric against law enforcement.
by Daniel Nussbaum27 Dec 2015, 5:56 PM PST0

On December 26 The Washington Post reported that police shot and killed 965 people in 2015.
by AWR Hawkins27 Dec 2015, 1:27 PM PST0

In a recent interview, longtime comedian and actor Eddie Griffin said he would vote for anyone but billionaire Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, and added that he is tired of “professional politicians” like Hillary Clinton.
by Jerome Hudson24 Dec 2015, 2:59 PM PST0

Quentin Tarantino continues to stand by anti-police comments he made earlier this fall in a new interview, saying he “completely rejects” the “bad apples” argument that only a small number of police officers behave inappropriately on the job.
by Daniel Nussbaum21 Dec 2015, 1:37 PM PST0

Lost in the media’s reportage of Quentin Tarantino’s using rhetoric scripted by Black Lives Matter is the fact that the Rise Up October event at which Tarantino spoke was organized by revolutionary communists who advocate the armed overthrow of the United States of America.
by Lee Stranahan7 Nov 2015, 2:03 PM PST0

Director Quentin Tarantino defended his comments that have triggered boycotts from police unions, and argued police brutality “ultimately what I feel is a problem of white supremacy in this country” on Wednesday’s “All In with Chris Hayes” on MSNBC. Tarantino explained
by Ian Hanchett4 Nov 2015, 6:04 PM PST0

Comedian Bill Maher is being criticized by left-leaning pundits and activists for saying a lack of parenting might be a contributing factor to many cases of alleged police brutality.
by Kelli Serio31 Oct 2015, 12:17 PM PST0

In an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” on Monday, Milwaukee Co., WI Sheriff David Clarke sounded of on a wave of protests throughout the country aimed at police for alleged police brutality led by the Black Lives
by Jeff Poor26 Oct 2015, 4:40 PM PST0

Director Quentin Tarantino joined hundreds of demonstrators in a a march against police brutality on Saturday in Washington Square Park in New York.
by Daniel Nussbaum25 Oct 2015, 10:13 AM PST0

Usher, Nas and Bibi Bourelly have dropped a highly interactive video for their new song “Chains.”
by Daniel Nussbaum22 Oct 2015, 11:14 AM PST0

It took a New York jury only 40 minutes to reject claims of police brutality by a Florida woman who gained fame during the 2011 Occupy Wall Street demonstrations when she abandoned her husband and four children to take up with the occupation of Zuccotti Park.
by Lee Stranahan11 Sep 2015, 6:05 PM PST0

An illegal immigrant who is suing the Knoxville Police is now being charged with assaulting officers, according to WBIR-TV.
by Caroline May3 Sep 2015, 2:08 PM PST0

A six-minute obscenity-laced attack on black thuggery has gone viral and was viewed 1.6 million times in less than 24 hours.
by Austin Ruse21 Aug 2015, 5:51 PM PST0

On June 7, online video gamer Jericho Tucker published via YouTube a confrontation between police officers and Sixth Street party-goers in downtown Austin. The clip has been cited by many viewers as an example of police brutality.
by Cassi Pollock17 Jun 2015, 11:52 AM PST0

American Lillian Burnett of Oakland, California is four years into a medical school in the communist country of Cuba, where she says she has been taught that physicians have a role in gun violence and police brutality issues.
by Michelle Moons13 Jun 2015, 2:14 PM PST0

Monday, MSNBC cut into an already-in-progress press conference about the Texas police officer who has been suspended after video of him roughly taking down a teenage girl in a bikini at a pool party emerged and Rev. Ronald Wright, executive director
by Pam Key8 Jun 2015, 12:37 PM PST0

The Los Angeles police department’s investigative watchdog commission determined that two white police officers were justified in fatally shooting a 25-year-old black man, Ezell Ford, on August 11 2014.
by Robert Wilde6 Jun 2015, 3:24 PM PST0

Just as Martin O’Malley, Baltimore’s Democrat ex-mayor, prepares to announce a run for the White house, he faces devastating and detailed criticism for his role in creating the mess in Baltimore from a noted expert on the city: David Simon, reporter, author, and creator of the seminal HBO crime drama The Wire.
by Lee Stranahan9 May 2015, 5:22 AM PST0

VENICE, California — Close to 400 people convened on Thursday night at Westminster Elementary School in Venice for an emotion-laden town hall meeting about the death of an unarmed homeless man who was shot and killed in a confrontation with the
by Adelle Nazarian8 May 2015, 12:07 PM PST0

Tuesday on the Senate floor, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) addressed the charges against police officers in the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. He said, “There is no epidemic of police criminality in this country.” “It’s true that there are
by Pam Key6 May 2015, 2:43 PM PST0

Tuesday at the White House daily briefing, White House correspondent and political analyst for The Daily Banter, liberal commentator Tommy Christopher, asked how the White House can justify calling the estimated 900,000 sworn law enforcement officers serving in the United
by Pam Key5 May 2015, 12:15 PM PST0