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NEW ORLEANS — A federal jury on Friday convicted five current or former police officers in the deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina. Former officer Robert Faulcon, Sgts. Robert Gisevius and Kenneth Bowen, Officer Anthony Villavaso and retired Sgt. Arthur Kaufman were convicted of charges stemming from the cover-up of the […]

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FULLERTON, Calif — Fullerton Police officers tased and beat Kelly Thomas, a mentally unstable homeless man to death in an incident that was caught on video. KABC reports: “They kept beating him and Tasering him. I could hear zapping, and he wasn’t even moving,” said Turgeon. “He had one arm in front of him like […]

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TENNESSEE — The FBI is investigating a video from a Tennessee police car dashcam that shows police stripping a man naked and then beating and tasing him. Darren Ring, a 34-year-old man from New Johnsonville, suffered a punctured lung and cracked ribs from the brutal beating. Cops descended on Ring’s neighborhood when they heard reports […]

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SAN FRANCISCO — Police killed a man after a routine inspection for tickets on the Muni light rail. The man ran away from police after the inspection and was later shot and killed. While police claim the man was armed and shot at them, several witnesses reported that they did not see the man shoot […]

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NEW YORK — Tyre Davis, a 17-year-old from the Bronx is claiming that NYPD officers, Joseph Murphy and Jose Ocasio, beat him after he made a comment about “doo-doo” when one of the officers stepped in dog excrement. The New York Daily News reports: He said Murphy and Ocasio followed him when he was released […]

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On the heels of the violent police assault at a recent Pete Rock and Smif N’ Wessun show in New York City, we decided to compile a list of the top 5 most infamous police brutality incidents ever caught on tape. Below is the list. 5. Pete Rock, Smif N’ Wessun NYPD Police Brutality, 2011 […]

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NEW YORK — After police fought with party goers and friends and family of the group Smif N’ Wessun and rapper Pete Rock at their release party last week, members of the group, affiliates, and social activists have planned a protest at New York City’s City Hall today. Concerned community members, hip hop artists, local […]

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I can’t seem to erase the conjured images of New York City Police Department officers, savagely beating patrons outside Tammany Hall from my psyche. I didn’t witness it personally, but the bit of video footage caught on camera was enough to fill me with rage. The riot that occurred on Tuesday, June 28, in which […]

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New York record producer/rapper Pete Rock, rap group Smif-N-Wessun, and hundreds of their supporters gathered in New York’s Lower East Side on Tuesday to celebrate the release of their album, “Monumental”. The night was marred by violence when members of the NYPD used excessive force to quell what they thought was an unruly crowd. However, […]

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WASHINGTON–A University of Delaware graduate blamed three off-duty cops for the loss of his eye, which came as a result of a nightclub beating. Walter Blair, 24, celebrated his birthday in Washington and was involved in a brawl with the cops, who were working as bouncers. Blair was never accused or charged with any crime, […]

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NEW YORK — Last night at a release party for Pete Rock and Smif N Wessun’s album, “Monumental,” police got into several physical altercations with fans, family members and supporters of the artists. Rapper Pete Rock claimed on Twitter  he saw police beat another woman: “Deez police are outta hand, i saw them beat up […]

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ARIZONA-A helmet cam video from a SWAT team member who was with the SWAT team that killed former Marine, Jose Guerena, has been released. Gurena was shot 60 times in the raid. One member of the SWAT team can be heard saying “bang bang,” before the raid. RELATED STORIES Shot 60 Times!? Arizona SWAT Team […]