#Police Brutality
# police-brutality - Saturday 30 September, 2017
'I've had to face the harsh reality that exists in America: black people are not safe'
Playwright Keith Wallace writes about racial inequality, police brutality, and the trauma it inflicts on minority communities in America.
# police-brutality - Friday 28 October, 2016
Sinn Féin TD criticises police crackdown at Native American protest
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has demanded that the construction of a pipeline through its land is stopped.
# police-brutality - Thursday 21 January, 2016
Former US police officer gets 263-year jail sentence for raping and sexually assaulting black women
“This is not a law-enforcement officer that committed these crimes. This is a rapist who masqueraded as a law-enforcement officer.”
# police-brutality - Friday 4 December, 2015
WATCH: US cop places gun in black man's mouth 'to show off to his friends'
“I dare you to f**king fight me, son…I just came from Iraq and I’m not scared of none of y’all.”
# police-brutality - Thursday 12 November, 2015
WATCH: US police use stun gun on black man outside hospital, an hour before his death
Linwood Lambert’s family’s lawyer: ‘Anyone who watches this would not think it is outrageous to suggest that what these police officers did was tantamount to murder.’
# police-brutality - Sunday 9 August, 2015
What happened to Ferguson in the year since Michael Brown was killed?
“Everyone’s listening now.”
# police-brutality - Thursday 6 August, 2015
An unarmed white teen was shot dead by US police. Why is there no outrage?
Zachary Hammond was shot dead over two weeks ago.
# police-brutality - Wednesday 29 July, 2015
WATCH: US cop charged with murder after 'senselessly' shooting black man in the head
“He should never have been a police officer,” says the prosecutor.
# police-brutality - Thursday 23 July, 2015
Blackface routine planned at fundraiser for cops accused of killing black man
The event is being organised by a former Baltimore cop fired for his Al Jolson perfomances.
# police-brutality - Thursday 16 July, 2015
WATCH: Police officer arrests naked woman after 'illegally' entering her house
A police report says the officer forced her to “look into his eyes” as he “lectured” her, in handcuffs.
# police-brutality - Wednesday 15 July, 2015
WATCH: Unarmed man shot dead by police after taking his hat off
Police in California were forced to release the video, after keeping it hidden for two years.
# police-brutality - Friday 10 July, 2015
WATCH: Investigation underway after 12 cops are caught beating and kicking black man
“I’ve got the f**king taser, here I come. You’re getting the f**king taser.”
# police-brutality - Sunday 21 June, 2015
Video of Chicago cop opening fire on a car full of unarmed black teens is "disturbing on a whole new level"
None of them had a weapon or acted aggressively toward the officers, according to the complaint.
# police-brutality - Sunday 7 June, 2015
WATCH: Texas cop throws black girl in a bikini to the ground, threatens teens with gun
The officer has been placed on “administrative leave” after a wave of outrage across America.
# police-brutality - Monday 1 June, 2015
Baltimore police are afraid to arrest people, and murders are at a record high
The city just had its deadliest month in 25 years – right after the death of Freddie Gray.
# police-brutality - Wednesday 20 May, 2015
Hundreds are attending a vigil for a cow shot dead by police
Bessie posed ‘a significant risk’ to the public after escaping from a farm.
# police-brutality - Monday 11 May, 2015
The United Nations is shining a spotlight on this guy's human rights record
The United States is up for its four-year review.
# police-brutality - Friday 8 May, 2015
WATCH: Police officer charged with kicking black man in the face
Lateef Dickerson was complying with orders to get down on the ground when it happened.
# police-brutality - Sunday 3 May, 2015
'This is out of control, we're being murdered for no reason'
The mother of a black man shot dead by police speaks to TheJournal.ie from Philadelphia.
# police-brutality - Saturday 25 April, 2015
Irish playwright embroiled in controversy over play about death of black teen
Actors have walked off Phelim McAleer’s “Ferguson”, a staged reading of testimony surrounding the police shooting of Michael Brown.
Baltimore protests: 'It can't be business as usual with that man's spine broken, with no justice'
The police department acknowledged that it failed to get him the medical attention he needed after his arrest.
# police-brutality - Wednesday 22 April, 2015
Outrage and protests after death of black man arrested by Baltimore police
Freddie Gray died on Sunday, a week after he was arrested and suffered a severed spinal cord.
# police-brutality - Wednesday 8 April, 2015
US police officer charged with murdering black man after video of shooting emerges
Patrolman Michael Slager shot Walter Scott several times in the back.
# police-brutality - Wednesday 18 February, 2015
Police officer pleads not guilty to slamming a grandfather into the ground, paralysing him
The officer has pleaded not guilty to assault.
# police-brutality - Saturday 6 December, 2014
Grand jury to consider latest police killing of an unarmed man in New York
The father of a young girl was shot dead by a single bullet on a dimly lit staircase at a Brooklyn apartment building.
# police-brutality - Wednesday 26 November, 2014
Amnesty has sent its people to Ferguson to monitor police at protests
“The world is watching America”
# police-brutality - Tuesday 25 November, 2014
Ferguson: Cop who killed unarmed black teen 'would not do anything different'
Darren Wilson has spoken for the first time since being cleared over the shooting of Michael Brown.
# police-brutality - Thursday 9 October, 2014
Suspects in murder of British tourists retract confession after torture claims
Now Amnesty International is getting involved.
# police-brutality - Tuesday 19 August, 2014
America's long history of police riots - the short version
Armed police, brutality, rioting and racial tension – sound familiar?
# police-brutality - Monday 11 August, 2014
Chaos erupts in Missouri town after police shoot dead unarmed black man
An emotional candlelit vigil turned into looting and rioting.
# police-brutality - Sunday 28 July, 2013
Gardaí gave 'misleading' information to Ombudsman on student protest
The Ombudsman was investigating complaints about the behaviour of four gardaí at the protest in 2010.
# police-brutality - Friday 14 June, 2013
Medical volunteer in Turkey fighting for his life after being beaten by police
Medical personnel who have set up temporary facilities to help those injured in protests say they have been directly targeted by police.
# police-brutality - Friday 24 May, 2013
Schools torched in fifth night of Sweden riots over 'police brutality'
The troubles are believed to have been triggered by the fatal police shooting of a 69-year-old man last week.
# police-brutality - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
South Africa: 9 police accused of taxi driver's death denied bail
Bystanders filmed taxi driver Mido Macia being manhandled, handcuffed to the back of a police van and dragged hundreds of metres through the streets of Daveyton, a town east of Johannesburg.
# police-brutality - Monday 18 February, 2013
Strikes shut down Egyptian port city for second day
The protesters are angry over the killing of some 50 people during demonstrations last month.
# police-brutality - Friday 16 November, 2012
Video: Spanish police brutality at austerity strikes
Officers lashed out at male and female protesters as they demonstrated in cities around the country.
# police-brutality - Tuesday 14 February, 2012
Brazilian police suspected of 30 murders
Law enforcement officials say they believe that former or current officers used a recent strike as an opportunity to carry out executions.
# police-brutality - Friday 30 September, 2011
What are the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York?
As demonstrations spread to Boston and San Fransciso, read TheJournal.ie’s guide to the Occupy Wall Street protests.
# police-brutality - Monday 21 March, 2011
Man sues NYPD after being tasered for double parking
Surgeons were needed to remove an inch-long taser prong from a man’s back following an incident in April 2010.
# police-brutality - Tuesday 7 September, 2010
Policeman jailed for assaulting woman in cell
Shocking video shows officer dragging girl on the ground before injuring her.