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City of Little Rock settles racial discrimination lawsuit

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Capt. Tanya Washington, Lt. Earnest Whitten, Sgt. Willie Davis, and Lt. Johnny D Gilbert, Jr. filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the city on March 12, 2018, due to uneven practices in hiring, discipline and the promotion of minority officers.

Cops threaten to shoot student in head Jaylan Butler

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Jaylan Butler, a swimmer at Eastern Illinois University, was allegedly unlawfully searched and held at gunpoint by officers during a bus stop with his team last year. Mr. Butler was the only black student among the more than 30 on the bus,

fmr Bmore Mayor Pugh- gets 3 yrs in prison. Texas Family called for help; police respond w/ violence

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Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, who held elected offices in Baltimore for two decades was recently sentenced to three years in federal prison. Dallas, Texas mom calls police seeking help. Officers responded violently; now the family is suing for racial profiling.

Botched Raids-Children Beg Chicago Police ‘Please Don’t Shoot Me’ as Officers Hold Them at Gunpoint

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This family’s home has raided a total of three times — in February, in April, and again in May of 2019. The cops were reportedly on the hunt for a man the residents don't know and have no history of ever living at the residence

Video shows 6 yr old girl arrested

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6-year-old Kaia Rolle, Florida girl crying and begging Orlando officer Dennis Turner not to arrest her. Officer Turner was fired a week later, Turner had a disciplinary history of seven sustained complaints and sixteen citizen complaints that did not rise to the level of a formal internal investigation.

Royal Oak police fired after stopping Black man for "looking suspiciously" at white woman

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Royal Oak police stopped a 20-year-old, Devin Myers, a Black man for “looking suspiciously” at a white woman. The unnamed probationary officer was fired and his supervisor "re-trained".

Former Newark Cop Jovanny Crespo charged in fatal chase

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Jovanny Crespo, former Newark cop charged with aggravated manslaughter and aggravated assault in fatal shooting of Gregory Griffin, 46, and wounding of Andrew Dixon, 35. Body camera footage showed Crespo, jumping in and out of his police vehicle multiple times and firing at the fleeing vehicle driven by Griffin.