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Secret Body Cam Shows Cops Using His Flashlight to Break a Man's Jaw, Ribs, Arm, and Skull

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The Louisiana State Police kept a video of one of their officers attempting to murder a guy with his flashlight hidden for two years. That footage was published this week, and we now understand why they didn't want it to see the light of day. Aaron Larry Bowman had not committed a crime on that tragic night in May 2019 and was merely suspected of "improper lane use" before being battered almost to death. Bowman made no effort to escape or fight arrest, but he was dragged from his vehicle by cops and thrown to the ground. While police were handcuffing him — allegedly for a traffic violation — Trooper Jacob Brown spotted an opportunity to inflict deadly violence and pulled up to the scene, jumping out of his car because he "was in the area and was attempting to get involved," according to a recent investigation into the violent trooper. Brown leapt on top of Bowman and unleashed his wrath, armed with an 8-inch aluminum flashlight strengthened with a pointed end de

Nigerian Security Forces Pursue Peaceful Protesters While Criminals Escape With Their Crimes.

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Nigeria has seen an increase in security problems over the past two years — numerous terrorist attacks, inter-ethnic conflicts, abduction, and assaults on people and government facilities by purported secessionists have all pushed the nation and its inhabitants to the brink. Concerned about the country's deteriorating security situation, state governors established regional security outfits – Amotekun in the Southwest, Ebube Agu in the Southeast, and Shege-Ka-Fasa by the Coalition of Northern Group – to assist the government's security agencies in combating these criminals. However, the country's instability seems to be overwhelming security authorities, as new assaults are being reported daily. Despite this, the government, via its institutions, seems more intent on crushing Nigerians demonstrating against insecurity, poor administration, and deteriorating living conditions throughout the nation than on prosecuting criminals. Between August 2019 and June 2021, several orga

Accused cops attack and knockdown an innocent mother, then fabricate lies to justify their actions — lawsuit

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  Nakia Porter had committed no crime the night she was beaten and abused by officers from the Solano County Sheriff's Office. Porter, a professional software engineer and mother of two without a criminal record, had stopped off the highway to change drivers during a journey with her father and children, but would never return to the highway. Rather than that, Porter would be assaulted, rendered unconscious, and abducted, all while her father was arrested and thrown into the back of a police car. Despite the fact that they were aware they were being filmed by their body cameras, deputies continued to fabricate a fake narrative to justify their assault and subsequent arrest of an innocent mother of three. Porter and her father, Joe Powell, are now suing and will almost certainly win. The event occurred on August 6, 2020, when the family was driving home to Orangevale, northeast of Sacramento, after a vacation to Oakland. In the rear seat sat her two children, ages 3 and 6, and a 4-y

Nigerian Press Freedom Is in Danger of Being Extinguished

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Koo, Twitter's Indian competitor, has just started advertising to Nigerians, backed by a strong brand ambassador: President Muhammadu Buhari. The endorsement comes more than two months after Buhari banned Twitter in Nigeria in reaction to the social media firm removing a provocative post from Buhari threatening violence against followers of a southeast separatist movement. The endorsement of certain media businesses is the latest step in the government's continuous campaign to stifle free speech. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Nigeria's media regulating authority, sent a letter to Nigerian broadcast stations last month directing them to minimize the country's deteriorating security situation, especially the danger posed by Boko Haram and banditry. NBC defended its stance by claiming that reporting on these problems has a propensity to incite more violence. This argument would be plausible if the government had not been gradually eroding free speech rights.

The COVID-19 vaccine is required by a judge, or else the man will be arrested and charged.

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Brandon Rutherford was recently confronted in an Ohio courtroom with a choice: get vaccinated or risk prison. On August 4, Judge Christopher Wagner of Hamilton County, Ohio sentenced the 21-year-old to two years probation for fentanyl possession. However, his punishment came with a twist: he was required to get a COVID vaccination as a condition of his probation. If Rutherford does not cooperate, he faces up to 18 months in prison. “I'm not a doctor, but I believe the vaccination is much safer than the fentanyl you had in your pocket,” Wagner told Rutherford. Wagner offered Rutherford 60 days to be vaccinated and said, "You're going to keep your job." You will not be in the presence of a weapon. I'm going to order you to obtain a vaccination within the next two months and bring it to the probation office." The judge discovered Rutherford's vaccination status only after questioning him when he appeared in court wearing a mask—a policy Wagner instituted for

How the Lagos Police Department extorted N40,000 from Ekwueme Varsity students on their way to board a plane to return to school in Nigeria

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Students of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Michael Ekene Okonkwo, and Udo Chukwu Maduforo, have described how some police officers assigned to the Airport Command, Ikeja, Lagos, extorted N40,000 from them when they were on their way to catch a plane back to school. According to reports, the students were in a taxi on their way to the local wing on Saturday morning when their car was stopped by a squad of police officers in front of the Golden Tulip Hotel, which is located along Airport Road at around 11 a.m. Vanguard reported that the students said that the police searched them and did not discover anything damning throughout the investigation. They begged the police officers to enable them to take their flight to school and handed them their identity cards, but their pleadings went unheard by the officers. “They harassed us and delayed us without informing us of the nature of our offense. it was discovered that there was nothing incriminating in our belonging

Awful Video Documents Two Male Cops and One Female Cop Tasering and Forcibly Stripping a Disabled Woman

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Ariel Harrison, aged 31, was dragged into a concrete room and zapped with a taser as a guy kneeled down on her and assisted a female in stripping her nude in October 2019. Another man with a pistol stood over her, watching, before joining in on the cruel assault and ripping her panties off. This horrific sexual assault was caught on camera, yet none of the offenders were arrested – because they were police. Harrison's ordeal began in October 2019 when she was pulled over for a DUI stop. Harrison, who is legally blind in one eye, was detained and transported to the Macomb Police Department without being subjected to a field sobriety test. Harrison says she was tasered several times during the stop, forcing her to pass out and awaken in a prison cell. According to Harrison's counsel, no breathalyzer or field sobriety tests were administered at the scene, during her arrest, or during her detention. “They didn't explain anything to me when they pulled me over; they simply yanke

Veteran Sentenced to Life in Prison for Possessing $30 Worth of Marijuana Will Be Released

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Derek Harris is a decorated soldier who gave his life for his nation during Operation Desert Storm. His years of devotion to his nation were meaningless to the state, which sentenced him to life in prison for selling less than a gram of marijuana to an undercover policeman. After more than a decade in prison, Harris has finally received some good news as the drug war draws to an end. Harris was resentenced to time served and will be freed shortly, according to his counsel. Prosecutors in Vermilion Parish decided to release Harris from jail after a fresh hearing granted by the Louisiana Supreme Court last month, according to FOX 59. The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution states: Exorbitant bail shall not be needed, excessive fines must not be levied, and cruel and unusual punishments shall not be inflicted. At the PBWW website, we believe that life in prison without the possibility of release for drug trafficking is unjustifiable. Not only is 69 grams of a plant excessiv

Cop opens the porta-potty door, he immediately shoots an unarmed man with his hands up.

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This week, a harrowing video of an unarmed man being executed while seated inside a portable toilet was published. Daverion Deauntre Kinard was assassinated on Feb 13 — the day before his 29th birthday — by Fontana officer Johnny Tutiavake. The fact that the city offered a million-dollar settlement for Kinard's death prior to the family filing a complaint demonstrates the shooting's gravity. However, after seeing the body camera video and learning that Kinard spent his last minutes alive with his hands up and surrendering to police prior to his execution, $1 million falls well short of the damages his family should seek. According to authorities, they were on the lookout that night for a burglar. According to investigators, a guy wearing a black hoodie was seen trying to enter an empty house. When officers got on the scene, they discovered an open window and a guy inside wearing a black sweatshirt. “Hey! Hey! “Do not move,” an officer commands as he approaches the guy in a corr

Cops Kill Hero Teen Protecting a Mother and Her Son in Response to a Drive-By Shooting — Lawsuit

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Fred Cox, 18, and his family were at the Living Water Baptist Church in November for Jonas Thompson Jr.'s funeral. According to a complaint filed this week, gunfire rang out during the ceremony as a drive-by shooting occurred and Cox went into hero mode. Regrettably, the lawsuit alleges that a police officer on the scene would murder Cox for his act of valor. “Fred is gone for being a hero while Melanin,” Ben Crump, the civil rights attorney representing Cox's family, said at a Wednesday news conference. According to authorities, Cox was a visitor at Thompson's funeral two weeks earlier on November 8, 2020. Davidson County Sheriff's Deputy Michael Shane Hill was also there at the family's request to assist in the investigation of Thompson's murder. He was on hand to speak with prospective witnesses. As a group of individuals went to their vehicles after the funeral, bullets rang out outside the church from a drive-by shooting. Cox allegedly noticed a woman and h

The Federal Government recalls an ambassador after an attack on a Nigerian diplomat by Indonesian authorities.

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This occurred when the Federal Government announced the recall of Nigeria's Ambassador to the Asian nation, Usman Ogar, in the aftermath of the heinous event. The ambassador, who seemed to be in agony as Indonesian immigration officials forced his head to the seat of a vehicle, was heard screaming, "I can't breathe." Geoffrey Onyeama, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who announced Ogar's return for discussions at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday, also said that the government will examine Nigeria's bilateral ties with the Asian nation. Former diplomats chastise Indonesia Ogbole Amedu-Odeh, a former Nigerian Ambassador to Mexico, characterized the assault as a breach of the Vienna Convention, adding that it was too early to determine the FG's reciprocal response. He stated, "The (Foreign Affairs) minister has already come out firing from the hip; thus, the Indonesians are aware that they must take appropriate action because what their officials ha

An innocent father and son, as well as a realtor, were held at gunpoint and handcuffed while house hunting.

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A father and son, together with their realtor, recently discovered one of the many difficulties associated with living in a “see something, say something” culture. Roy Thorne and his son were held at gunpoint, arrested, and imprisoned despite the fact that they committed no crime, all because a neighbor informed police they were breaking into the house. Last Sunday, while showing Thorne a property in Wyoming, cops came on the site with pistols drawn and ordered them out. PBWW website has previously reported on many cases similar to this one in which innocent individuals engaged in lawful activities were assaulted, shot, and even murdered in similar circumstances. Fortunately, Thorne and his son were not murdered; but, as seen in the video below, a single incorrect move might have swiftly gone sour. As the video demonstrates, cops arrived in a tactical manner, brandishing weapons and screaming at the residents to leave the house. Despite full cooperation, the police maintained firearms

Nigeria has been accused of conducting a 'ruthless' campaign in the restive southeast.

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Amnesty International has accused Nigerian security forces of using excessive force and murdering at least 115 people earlier this year during a "repressive campaign" against separatist agitators in the restive southeast of the country.  This year, violence has erupted in the southeastern states, with at least 127 police officers or members of the security services being killed, according to the police. According to local media reports, about 20 police stations and electoral commission offices have been assaulted. IPOB, a banned organization seeking independence for the region's ethnic Igbo, and its armed branch Eastern Security Network (ESN) has been accused of the violence, although IPOB has rejected the accusations. According to Amnesty, security forces, including the military, police, and the Department of State Services (DSS) intelligence agency, have murdered scores of gunmen and civilians in the areas where assaults occurred. “Amnesty International's findings p

Cop Throws Innocent Disabled Man to the Ground and Stomps on His Head for Not Moving Quickly Enough

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Clarence Gailyard, 58, a handicapped man, discovered this the hard way this week when he was assaulted by police for just strolling down the street. On July 26, Gailyard and a buddy were walking through his neighborhood when Orangeburg police officer David Dukes approached them, claiming to be responding to a report about a guy with a pistol. Without informing them of his reason for stopping them, Dukes drew his pistol and ordered the two guys to the ground at gunpoint. Despite the fact that they had committed no wrong, neither guy objected, and they both quickly obeyed. Gailyard has several pins and rods in his leg as a result of the surgery he had after a vehicle accident. As a consequence of his injuries, he often uses a cane and is sluggish. While he was following the jackboot's commands, his injuries made it impossible for him to swiftly fall to the ground. Officer Dukes was enraged by Gailyard's sluggish motions and began to accelerate his activities by pounding his head

Nigerian Medical Student Flees from Class after Finding out Corpse for Practical was that of an Old Friend

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For medical students at Nigerian institutions, dealing with corpses in anatomy class is an unavoidable reality, but what Mr. Egbe saw shook him to his core. Enya Egbe, a medical student at the University of Calabar in Cross River, found that the corpse given to him for his anatomy class practical was really that of a friend. Following his discovery, the 26-year-old instantly went to his heels in sobs. According to Egbe, he and his buddy Divine had known each other for more than seven years had clubbed together. Egbe finally informed Divine's relatives, who had come to collect their relative's corpse. It came out that they had been visiting several police stations in search of Divine, who had been detained on his way home after a night out by security agents. Divine's torso was pierced on the right side of his chest by two bullets. According to the BBC, Egbe's finding is an example of the harsh reality that Nigerian medical students confront. Apart from a scarcity of cor

Cops Swarm, Pummel 1 Surrendered Man, Then Do the Same to Man Who Filmed It

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Numerous Miami Beach police officers were arrested this week after horrific video footage of almost two dozen policemen surrounding and then trampling a cooperative guy who had just lay face down on the ground and surrendered with his hands behind his back. After pummeling their first victim, the vicious band of badged thugs jumped their second victim for doing nothing more than recording it. On Monday, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle and Miami Beach Police Chief Richard Clements announced the accusations. They played a four-minute film at the conference, emphasizing the cops' misdeeds. The footage shows an astounding 21 policemen rushing into the lobby of a South Beach hotel, encircling their target, and then unleashing a barrage of kicks, punches, and smashes. According to authorities, the guy who was crushed in the face and body by police boots is Dalonta Crudup, 24, who was accused of colliding with an officer while riding a scooter. According to police, th

How Nigerian police reportedly display unidentified gunmen as "innocent citizens"

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Orlu in Imo State suffered another wave of devastation on Sunday when a hotel, fifteen businesses, and a residential structure were set on fire, claiming two lives. Residents fleeing the area blamed security officers for the devastation, while some said it was the work of unknown gunmen. However, amid the grief and tears, police reportedly displayed people unrelated to the incident. Gideon Dominics, a Facebook user, took to his page to lament the suffering of his cousin, Elvis Okafor, who was detained by police in Okporo-Orlu while attempting to get food for his sick mother and then wrongly displayed as an IPOB/ESN member. “This is my younger cousin Elvis Okafor; have you ever noticed how theatrical Nigeria is? A little child who went to the store to get food for his ailing mother has become a member of IPOB? A kid who returned from church without eating anything now wields a pistol as an ESN member? Chineke tiling. You see the Nigerian enchantment? Is this how innocent individuals are

Cop Approaches Unknown Man, Knocks Him Out in Front of Other Cops, and Walks Away

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This week, a distressing video was shared on social media showing a Detroit police officer approach an unidentified guy on the street and administer a haymaker straight to his face in front of his fellow cops. The blow was so strong that it knocked the guy unconscious and sent him backward, colliding with the pavement. The video, dubbed "Detroit pigs giving out the brain damage," was uploaded on Reddit on Sunday and has now sparked an Internal Affairs inquiry within the department. The cops, who are believed to be members of the Detroit police department's special reaction squad, seem to be clearing a street in Greektown in the footage. They are on the lookout for a guy on the street who is trying to back away from them before a cop winds up and smashes the man's face in. “You are not obligated to do that, dog!” Off-camera, a guy can be heard screaming. After the unnamed victim flies backward and smacks his head into the ground, he behaves as though he's attemptin

Bauchi NUJ blacklists police officers in retaliation for a violent assault on a journalist

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The Bauchi State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) ordered its members on Friday to immediately cease covering the state police command's operations. The order was included in a press statement signed by Comrade Umar Sa'idu, chairman of the council, and Isah Garba Gadau, secretary of the council, on police violence against journalists in the state, which was made accessible to DAILY POST. The Union strongly denounced the bad conduct of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) operatives in the State who sexually assaulted and wounded one of its members, Damina Yusuf of the AIT, on Thursday 30th July 2021, while covering a demonstration by students of Bauchi College of Agriculture in Yelwa, Bauchi. Later that day, the sufferer was admitted to Bauchi's Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH). According to the statement, the suspension of coverage of police operations would continue until the perpetrators of the heinous crime were apprehended and punishe