(ANTIMEDIA) — Officers planting evidence appear to be growing a tree of corruption at the Baltimore Police Department, as the second release of suspicious body camera footage in two weeks has led to more dropped drug charges.
“America is once again a nation of laws, says Trump, who just told cops to beat the shit out of people they arrest.”
(COMMONDREAMS) In a speech before law enforcement officials in Long Island, New York on Friday, President Donald Trump celebrated his administration’s crackdown on immigration and encouraged police officers to be “rough” with those they detain — a statement that was widely seen as an explicit call for police brutality.
(ANTIMEDIA) Southaven, MS — In a case that has witness accounts contradicting those of the authorities, a Mississippi man with no warrant out for his arrest was shot and killed over the weekend after officers went to the wrong address.
Forty-one-year-old Ismael Lopez, who was asleep in bed with his wife when cops arrived at his door to serve a warrant, was a former mechanic who had lived in his Southaven home for 13 years.
Journalists have reported being forced to delete photos of the scene.
(COMMONDREAMS) The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) responded to reports on Tuesday evening from journalists on Capitol Hill, who alleged that Capitol Police were blocking reporters’ access as they tried to cover healthcare protests.
(ANTIMEDIA) Last week, Human Rights Watch penned an open letter to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees voicing their strong opposition to a new bill that would make it nearly impossible to sue police for constitutional violations. Senator John Cornyn (R-Tex.) and Representative Ted Poe (R-Tex.) proposed the identical bills on May 16th “[t]o protect law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.”
(ANTIMEDIA) Salt Lake City, UT — As the country continues to struggle with police brutality, at least one police department in the United States has figured out how to avoid deadly altercations. But what’s behind this evolution — and will it last?
(ANTIMEDIA) The ACLU issued a “travel alert” in the state of Texas Wednesday, warning “anyone planning to travel to Texas in the near future to anticipate the possible violation of their constitutional rights when stopped by law enforcement.”
(ANTIMEDIA) On Friday, the Alabama House Committee approved a bill that would grant one church the legal authority to establish their own police force.
The clip above went viral on Facebook in Sweden, 2 million views in 24 hours.
A lot of people are baffled at how cowardly the police are. Well, let me explain something about Sweden and put this into context.
