Tag: police accountability
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Tyre Nichols Video: Can Policing Be Reformed?
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent The devastating video of Memphis police officers rehearsing their excuse for their deadly use of force even as Tyre Nichols’ near lifeless body lay just steps away painted a horrifying, if not entirely clear, portrait of five cops who murdered a man for no apparent reason ... -
S.B. Police Rob Adams Shooting Controversy
By Dianne Anderson Any questions of whether or not San Bernardino police thought that Rob Adams was the actual suspect they were looking for, or whether or not he had a gun, doesn’t address why they had to shoot him in the back multiple times as he ran in the opposite direction. That and other ... -
Charles Parks Reflects on Policing
By Dianne Anderson Charles Parks confronted more than a few close calls trying to stay ahead of all the curveballs of his career back in his day. Some things have changed a bit over the past three decades when he was a Commander in the Long Beach Police Department, but other things are timeless. He ... -
Jury Verdict Shows a Black Life Mattered
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent Black Lives Matter. George Floyd’s life mattered. A mixed-race jury in Minneapolis returned a guilty verdict against former police officer Derek Chauvin on Tuesday, April 20, potentially sending the ex-cop to prison for the rest of his life. The panel, which included six Whites and six ... -
Lawmakers Propose Process to Decertify Convicted Cops
By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena), the chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus, and Senate President pro Tem Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) added language with some teeth to Senate Bill (SB) 2, the “Kenneth Ross Jr. Police Decertification Act of 2021.” The amendments to the police reform bill, first ... -
Pomona NAACP Pushes No Knock Warrant Ban in Nine Cities
By Dianne Anderson A decades-long battle among civil rights groups across the nation to ban no knock warrants finally cleared an important hurdle locally in the city of Pomona, now opening the door wider for police accountability and public safety. Jeanette Ellis Royston, president of the Pomona Valley branch NAACP, said she got involved with ... -
ICO Rallies Around Police Accountability
By Dianne Anderson Some of the most disturbing images Patrick Kennedy has seen lately is wrapped around religion, condoning violence and intolerance with Jesus as the strongman. Far right extremism is always just a click away. He said it’s easy to see just how authoritarian the nation is leaning. “Their interpretation of Jesus as the ...