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Young Boy from Ferguson Discusses Jobs, Race and Police Brutality

Summary: An 11-year-old boy from Ferguson, Marquis Govan, sat down with a reporter recently to discuss all things Ferguson, including jobs…

Dance Instructor Arrested Because He’s Black

Was it a mere case of suspicious age discrepancy that inspired police to arrest two black dancers and their 13-year-old…

Journalist Trespasses at Yale Law, Is Arrested, Blames Police for “Extremely Violent” Behavior

(image source http://noticias.terra.com.br) Claudia Trevisan has trouble taking no for an answer. The Brazilian journalist showed up at Yale Campus…

Former FAMU Football Player, Unarmed, Seeking Help, Shot Dead By Cops

It isn’t exactly certain why the unarmed man was shot to death by police, or why he continued to approach…

Can Even a Supreme Court Judge Get Justice against NYPD Police Brutality?

A Queens County Supreme Court Judge is claiming in Federal Court that New York City police crushed his larynx in…

Police Shoot Rottweiler While Arresting Its Owner

Leon Rosby has no luck with police. Before the incident that happened in this video, he had a pending lawsuit…

Woman with Knife, Possibly Mentally Ill, Shot Dead by Police at Costco

It seems once again a person with mental illness was killed by police, perhaps needlessly. Mhai Scott, 38, worked for…

Police Pepper Spray and Beat Down-Syndrome Youth

The police have a protocol that we are expected to follow, exactly and immediately, or face dire consequences. When Antonio…

Half of People Shot by Police are Mentally Ill

A new study put out by a Maine newspaper exposes the percentage of mentally ill people killed by police shootings…

Officer Offs Pen-Wielding Double Amputee

Most officers don't feel good about killing a civilian. It's even worse when that civilian is a double amputee with…

South Africa Police Kill 34 Protesting Miners, Claiming Self Defense

Longstanding tensions in South Africa took physical form this week as striking platinum workers were shot down by police, leaving…

Megaupload Founder was not Only Brutalized at his Arrest, But Arrested Illegally

Kim Dotcom, who founded Megaupload, a file storage site that is being prosecuted on piracy charges for copyright infringement, has…