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Americans Take to the Street to Protest Police Killings

Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington CorrespondentDecember 18, 2014

(Jazelle Hunt/NNPA) WASHINGTON (NNPA) – On Saturday, thousands Americans across the country registered their objection to police officers not being held accountable after killing unarmed citizens, many of them Blacks, by mounting massive demonstrations and rallies, the main one held here in the nation’s capital. Organized major civil rights organizations , the goal of the protest was to demand federal intervention in state prosecutorial systems that have failed to indict anyone in the police killings of victims such as Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, and Pearlie Golden. “We must have this nation deal with the fact that just like

Opinion

Will Video Cameras Reduce Police Brutality?

By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA ColumnistDecember 11, 2014

“I can’t believe that in the 21st century in the United States of America, we can’t get a simple indictment for a murder of a man that was caught on videotape,” said New York Congresswoman Yvette Clarke hours after the news of a Staten Island grand jury failing to indict officer Daniel Pantaleo. Pantaleo, a New York City cop, has two lawsuits against him. One was settled by the city of New York. The other is still pending. Pantaleo strangled 48-year-old Eric Garner to death on July 17, 2014, less than a month

Opinion

10-Point Justice Plan: National Urban League Police Reform and Accountability Recommendations

Marc H. Morial, President & CEO, National Urban League,December 11, 2014

“The phenomenon we have seen in America since the announcement of the non-indictments of officers in the killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner is new to a generation, but not to the nation. Young people have always helped to fuel historic social change. We must not forget – 50 years ago, it was young people on that bridge in Selma, Alabama; young people sitting-in in Greensboro, NC; young people riding Freedom buses all over this nation challenging conventional laws and the status quo; young people like Schwerner, Goodman and Chaney losing their lives in Philadelphia, Mississippi. A multicultural band

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Report Finds Police Department Discrepancies after Dorner Investigation

City News ServiceNovember 20, 2014

A Los Angeles Police Department review of its discipline system prompted by the Christopher Dorner rampage found widespread concerns among officers and civilians that the agency discriminates based on gender, ethnicity and rank, according to a report reviewed by the Los Angeles Times. (AP file photo) A Los Angeles Police Department review of its discipline system prompted by the Christopher Dorner rampage found widespread concerns among officers and civilians that the agency discriminates based on gender, ethnicity and rank, according to a report reviewed by the Los Angeles Times. Focus group sessions held with more than 500 department employees

Opinion

TRACKING POLICE ABUSE: YOUTH JUSTICE COALITION

Larry AubrySeptember 11, 2014

TRACKING POLICE ABUSE: YOUTH JUSTICE COALITION Larry Aubry At a press conference last week, articulate and passionate Black and Latino youth denounced unnecessary police use of force in Los Angeles County. They were members of the Youth Justice Coalition (YJC) citing well researched statistics and specific incidents of police misconduct. On September 2nd, YJC released a report, “Shoot to Kill: Homicides Resulting from Law Enforcement Use of Force Within LA County, 2000-2014”

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System Reduces Deputy Misconduct

Elizabeth Marcellino (City News Service)September 10, 2009

System Reduces Deputy Misconduct By Elizabeth Marcellino City News Service CNS–A system developed to identify problem deputies in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department works and, with targeted intervention, has reduced misconduct, according to a report released today.The study conducted by the Police Assessment Resource Center is a semiannual review of a database, the Personnel Performance Index, designed to find patterns of bad behavior by law enforcement officers. The database was developed in response to a 1992 report by Judge James Kolts. Kolts reviewed the department in the wake of a series of deputy-involved shootings and payouts of more than

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Another Police Shooting Rocks City of Inglewood

Francis Taylor (Contributing Writer)May 21, 2009

Marcus Griffin organized a sign-making project to commemorate the life of Marcus Smith and to demand justice from his killers. Photo by Francis Taylor for Sentinel Four members of the Inglewood Police Department, which is already under investigation for fatal shootings, were placed on administrative leave this as two probes were under way into the shooting death of a suspect at the site of a birthday party May 17. The incident, which also left an officer wounded, possibly by friendly fire, began about 12:45 a.m. Sunday when officers were sent to a party in the 800 block of Osage Avenue

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Another Police Shooting Rocks Inglewood

Super UserJuly 24, 2008

As reaction comes in from the shooting of Inglewood resident Kevin Wicks on the morning of July 21, residents in the quiet Hillcrest neighborhood are struggling to make sense of what happened. Inglewood police claimed they were following up a domestic disturbance call when they arrived at 124 N. Hillcrest Blvd. at around 12:30 a.m. Minutes later, Wicks, who was alone in the house, was shot and later pronounced dead at a hospital. Tony Williams, a 12-year resident of the complex at 124 N. Hillcrest Blvd., said Tuesday morning that he heard three shots at some point between 12:30 and

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Three Philly Police Officers Face Criminal Charges in Separate Beatings

Larry Miller, Special to NNPAJune 5, 2008

Three Philadelphia police officers were called to face criminal charges last week in separate and unrelated incidents, where those who carry a badge were accused of crossing the line. Two of those officers, Sheldon Fitzgerald and Howard Hill, both of the 25th Police District, were placed under arrest, accused of severely beating a man they found putting graffiti on a wall at Fourth and Wyoming streets last August and then trying to cover up the incident. Fitzgerald and Hill face charges of aggravated assault, tampering with public records, conspiracy and simple assault and tampering with public records. A second officer,

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