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Michael Edward Bell: Police brutality facts · 352 days ago
Michael Edward Bell was a 21 year old man who was unarmed when fatally shot by Kenosha, Wisconsin police officers in the head. His mother and sister witnessed most of the altercation and also the shooting right in front of their faces, right outside of their house. Hear Michael’s sister’s version of the story here .
Less than a year after this horrific incident, participating officers Erich R. Strausbaugh, Erich R. Weidner and Albert B. Gonzalez were cited for performing within the realm of duty and showing great courage, ability and devotion to public service.
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Police officers who murdered 92 year old Kathryn Johnston's plead to manslaughter charges today · 481 days ago
Today the two police officers implicated in the shooting death of 92 year old Atlanta, Georgia resident Kathryn Johnston plead guilty to manslaughter charges. They killed the elderly victim while performing a no-knock raid on her house. During the investigation one of the officers told federal investigators that one of the members of unit lied to him when he was told that the officer bought crack at Mrs. Johnson’s residence, a lie that was used to obtain the warrant.
Via TalkLeft:
Two Atlanta police officers made a second appearance in court today to plead guilty to felonies in the fatal shooting of a 92-year-old woman in her home. Officers Gregg Junnier and Jason R. Smith made their second stop Wednesday afternoon to plead guilty to violating the civil rights of Kathryn Johnston by killing her during a botched drug raid at her home Nov. 21. 2006.
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'50 Shots' police officers indicted on manslaughter charges · 520 days ago
The police officers who fired 50 shots into the car of unarmed victim Sean Bell killing him and wounding two others were indicted for first-degree and second-degree manslaughter as well as other charges on Friday, three months after the crime took place.
From the New York Times:
Two New York City police detectives were charged with first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the death of Sean Bell, the unarmed 23-year-old black man who died in a burst of 50 police bullets, the Queens District Attorney, Richard Brown, said at a news conference today.The eight-count indictment was handed up by a grand jury on Friday and unsealed this morning. In it, Det. Michael Oliver, 35, who fired his pistol 31 times, and Det. Gerard Isnora, 28, an undercover officer who fired 11 shots, are charged with both first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in Mr. Bell’s death, Mr. Brown said.
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Pinochet dies and protestors clash with Santiago police · 618 days ago
Augusto Pinochet died today without having ever been prosecuted for the atrocious crimes he committed against his fellow Chileans. While he was in power, at least some 3,197 people were murdered by death squads to suppress political dissent, and 1,000 are still missing. Good riddance! Pinochet seems to me like the kind of guy Richard Nixon would idolize.
Both opponents and supporters of Pinochet took to the streets to celebrate, mourn, or express their outrage that he was never punished. In the capital, Santiago, 23 police officers were injured in clashes with rioters.
Here are some of the better pictures I found on Flickr:
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