Sandra Bland Was Murdered
Suicide or not, police are responsible for Sandra Bland’s death. By Matt Taibbi.
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Death of woman in Texas jail consistent with suicide: prosecutor
Evidence from an autopsy on Sandra Bland, the black woman found hanging dead in a Texas jail days after a traffic stop, supports the medical examiner's initial ruling of suicide, a county prosecutor told reporters on Thursday. -
In Iraq, I raided insurgents. In Virginia, the police raided me. By Alex Horton
I got home from the bar and fell into bed soon after Saturday night bled into Sunday morning. I didn’t wake up until three police officers barged into my apartment, barking their presence at my door. They sped down the hallway to my bedroom, their service pistols drawn and leveled at me... -
Seattle-area deputies lied about bus driver’s profanity use during fight
Two sheriff's deputies patrolling Seattle's transit system lied about a bus driver's use of profanity during a heated argument last November captured by a camera embedded in the driver's eyeglasses, a police investigation has found... -
Feds Regularly Monitored Black Lives Matter Since Ferguson
The Department of Homeland Security has been monitoring the Black Lives Matter movement since anti-police protests erupted in Ferguson, Missouri last summer, according to hundreds of documents obtained by The Intercept through a Freedom of Information Act request... By George Joseph. -
Miami Beach police officer cleared in graffiti artist’s Taser death
A Miami Beach police officer who fatally shot an 18-year-old graffiti artist with a Taser device will not be charged with any wrongdoing over the 2013 incident, state prosecutors said on Thursday... By Zachary Fagenson. -
Texas Authorities Just Released a Detailed Narrative of Sandra Bland’s Time in Custody
Important new documents shed light on what happened in the Waller County jail cell. By AJ Vicens. -
Officer Indicted For Lying On Warrant Application That Led To Toddler Being Burned By Flashbang Grenade
The local police union defended the indefensible: the burning/maiming of a toddler with a flashbang grenade, delivered during a no-knock raid in service of the Drug War. According to the union rep, burned toddlers are just the price society has to pay to keep the streets relatively free...
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