On AlterNet: police brutality
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "police brutality"
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 7, 2009.
This is part of such a clear pattern.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. August 14, 2009.
5 miles an hour over the limit and talking on a cellphone.
Norm Stamper, Huffington Post. March 11, 2009.
Forty-three years ago I was an idealistic 21-year-old uninterested in punishing people. So why did I abuse those I'd been hired to serve?
Cara, Feministe AlterNet: Media and Technology. March 4, 2009.
You’ll notice that I titled this post "NYPD accused." I don’t consider this kind of thing an isolated incident.
James Rucker, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. February 12, 2009.
ColorOfChange.org confront District Attorney Tom Orloff over his handling of the Oscar Grant case.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. January 30, 2009.
New evidence reveals that another officer assaulted Oscar Grant before he was shot. But officials refuse to press charges.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. January 14, 2009.
The BART police officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant on New Year's Day is now in police custody.
Adrienne Maree Brown Brown, RaceWire AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. January 8, 2009.
"As I write this, rumors are flying and media is fanning the riot flames."
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. January 6, 2009.
See, the problem isn't the form of gun cops use, a stun gun or one with bullets. It's that they use any gun on people who are already down.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 25, 2008.
But Tasers weren't included in the study.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. December 13, 2008.
Taser's marketing coup has convinced consumers that there is such a thing as a gun that won't kill. Taser deaths prove otherwise.
I-Witness Video AlterNet: War on IraqOctober 23, 2008.
Nick Morgan is being hospitalized after being trampled during a protest outside Hofstra University.
Amy Goodman, Truthdig. September 5, 2008.
Government crackdowns on journalists are a true threat to democracy.
AlterNet Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 26, 2008.
Cop slams protester to the ground, then detains her before she can talk to the press.
Steven D., Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. August 15, 2008.
Will the officer be punished justly for tasering a man to death? Probably not, still we should, I suppose, be happy he was indicted at all.
Clif, Sadly, No! AlterNet: PEEK. August 12, 2008.
To use tragedy as a way to peddle ignorant and racist views is despicable.
Jill C., Brilliant at Breakfast AlterNet: PEEK. August 8, 2008.
This is why the 4th Amendment is so important ...
Bill Weinberg, AlterNet. July 30, 2008.
As activists continue to fight for people's rights to keep their homes in New Orleans, repression by local authorities is brutal.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. July 30, 2008.
"The police must have felt overwhelmed and would naturally need to taser the groom or risk having to use deadly force instead."
Steven D., Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. July 29, 2008.
More Taser news from the heartland.
Mark Ristaino, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. July 28, 2008.
Police brutality caught on tape.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. July 25, 2008.
Members of special tactical unit had been sued for brutality in the past.
Steven D., Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. July 22, 2008.
Who happens to like using his Taser quite a bit.
Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: Video. June 19, 2008.
When victim ignored slurs, officers attacked with handcuffs, mace.
Pam Spaulding, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. May 8, 2008.
Fifteen police officers in Philadelphia dragged 3 suspects from their car and beat them.
