Police brutality
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Indonesian punk rock band Sukatani has announced that it will be removing its song Bayar, Bayar, Bayar (Pay, Pay, Pay in Bahasa Indonesia) from streaming platforms, following controversy surrounding the song’s lyrics which insinuated that policemen were taking bribes. In an Instagram post on Thursday (Feb 20), the band’s guitarist and producer, Alectroguy, clarified that…
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President Trump sat down Wednesday with Fox News host and ally Sean Hannity for his first one-on-one interview since returning to the White House for his second term. Trump has taken questions from reporters on each of his first three days in office, including the Hannity interview. In his prime time with Hannity, the president…
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Protesters who gathered at the Lekki Toll Gate to honour victims of the October 2020 rallies have narrated their ordeal at the hands of security forces. The protesters faced stiff police resistance when they converged at the Lekki Toll Gate. The demonstrators were marking the fourth anniversary of the #EndSARS protests against police brutality and…
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A police officer has been suspended after footage shared on social media showed a suspect being kicked in the head and stamped on at Manchester Airport. The suspect has been named as Fahir in an Instagram video where he appears alongside his lawyer Akhmed Yakoob. The lawyer is also representing a second man who was…
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Local vigilante operatives attached to Anambra State Commissioner for Homeland Security, Hon Chikodi Anarah, have brutalized a commercial tricycle (Keke) operator in Awka. Colleagues of the victim, who protested in Awka, said the tricyclist was beaten mercilessly. According to them, the windshield of his Keke was shattered by the security operatives, who also punctured the…
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Mahsa Amini died on Friday, four days after her arrest for allegedly breaking hijab-wearing rules. At her funeral, videos show women protesting by taking off their headscarves and waving them in the air.Police responded by firing tear gas at protesters and making arrests, per reports. Protests erupted on Saturday at the funeral of a 22-year-old…
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France plans to launch a government-monitored online tool in January that is designed to identify and root out discrimination by police, President Emmanuel Macron said Friday. Macron called it “unbearable” that people of color are more likely to be stopped by law enforcement officers than white people. “We are going to set up a large…
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Two of three Minneapolis police officers accused of aiding and abetting in the death of George Floyd were rookies barely off probation when a more senior white officer ignored the black man’s cries for help and pressed a knee into his neck, defense attorneys said Thursday. Earl Gray said his client, former Officer Thomas Lane,…
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The four officers involved in the death of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis on Monday night were swiftly fired, but there was chaos in the city nonetheless Tuesday night as thousands marched to protest George Floyd’s death. The Star-Tribune notes the protest march began peacefully, but ultimately turned violent as protesters reached the Minneapolis PD’s Third Precinct, where some…
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A “helpless” black man was arrested, handcuffed and pulled to the police station with a rope around his neck. In the “walk-of-shame” incident which occurred in Galveston County, two mounted cops arrested 43-year-old Donald Neely and had to walk him down a Galveston street—with rope around his neck even though he was already in chains.…
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Brian Encinia said that he ordered Sandra Bland out of her vehicle, forced her to the ground, and handcuffed her on July 10, 2015, because he feared for his safety. Brian Encinia, a former trooper with the Texas Department of Safety, confronting Sandra Bland at a traffic stop. Photo: Sandra Bland “My safety was in…
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