All tagged police brutality
Former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, pinned George Floyd to the ground on May 25, 2020. The former police officer kneeled on his neck for more than nine minutes, causing George Floyd to die at the scene. According to Oxygen, the former police officer seeks to appeal his murder convictions in state court, waiving his right to appeal under his federal plea deal.
32-year-old indigenous actress Misty Upham disappeared from her family home in Auburn 8 years ago this week. After a lifelong struggle with mental health issues and navigating a very broken system, the system failed Misty one last time when she was found dead and the medical examiner's report listed her cause of death as undetermined.
Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison on charges of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. Lane plead guilty in February to federal charges of violating George Floyd’s civil rights.
On the afternoon of September 10, 1897, 19 unarmed miners were shot and killed and dozens more injured in the outskirts Lattimer, Pennsylvania while they peacefully protested for better working conditions and wages.
A police raid conducted in Rio de Janeiro’s densely-populated Complexo do Alemão on Thursday resulted in at least 18 deaths. The community was raided by nearly 400 police officers in a several-hour operation.
Derek Chauvin, the Minnesota ex-cop who murdered George Floyd on May 25, 2020, has been sentenced to 245 months, or a little over 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty in December of 2021.
Justine Ruszczyk called 911 to reported a suspected sexual assault in an alley behind her house. When two officers were dispatched to the scene, they were startled by a noise, and Mohamed Noor shot the unarmed woman from the passenger’s seat.
On May 5, 1977, Mexican-American and Vietnam War veteran Jose Campos Torres, 23, was arrested for disorderly conduct. The police took Torres to “the hole,” an area behind a warehouse near Buffalo Bayou, instead of taking him to the city jail. Torres' body was found a few days later, prompting the Houston Police Department to form an all-Latino homicide unit, the Chicano Squad.
In the state of New York, serving alcohol to anyone in the LGBTQ+ community was illegal. This meant bars across the state, especially across New York City, were raised by police. With a blatant disregard for government rules, the Mafia held a near-monopoly on gay bars in New York City.
On Thursday former officer Christopher Schuff of Grand Rapids, Michigan was charged with the murder of Patrick Lyoya. Lyoya was shot in the head by Schuff on April 4th after being pulled over for a traffic stop.
Amadou Diallo was only 23 years old when four members of the now-defunct New York Police Department (NYPD) Street Crimes Unit shot at him 41 times, with 19 of those shots hitting his body and killing him. What would follow would be a search for justice which would never come.
The Ohio sheriff's deputy who fatally shot Casey Goodson Jr. in the back five times has been charged with murder and reckless homicide.
