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Crime

7 Rules for Recording Police

Advocate Staff - July 28, 2016

In 2012, the City of Boston agreed to pay Simon Glik $170,000 in damages and legal fees to settle a civil rights lawsuit...

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President Obama’s Open Letter to America’s Law Enforcement Community

Advocate Staff - July 23, 2016

In the wake of the tragedies in Dallas and Baton Rouge, President Obama penned a letter to the men and women of America's law enforcement community....

Legal Notices

Bounce TV Initiative Calls for De-Escalation Training for Police

Kevin Seraaj - July 13, 2016

ATLANTA, July 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Bounce TV, the first and only over-the-air broadcast television network for African Americans, is calling on the Department...

To Be Equal

Lies and Cover-ups in Chicago

Marc Morial - December 9, 2015

“Because a body of men, holding themselves accountable to nobody, ought not to be trusted by anybody.” – Thomas Paine, Rights of Man (Part...

Crime

Fla. Officer who shot Corey Jones was still on probation

Staff Report - October 30, 2015

Palm Beach Gardens Police Officer Nouman Raja, who shot and killed Corey Jones as he waited for roadside assistance, had been with the department...

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$6.4M settlement in Freddie Gray case

Kevin Seraaj - September 9, 2015

BALTIMORE (AP) — Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and members of the Board of Estimates approved a $6.4 million settlement with the family of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old...

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State of emergency called in Ferguson after gunfire mars protests

Kevin Seraaj - August 11, 2015

FERGUSON, Mo.--- Tensions flared one again in Ferguson, Missouri Sunday, after police shot and critically wounded an 18-year-old man in what authorities are calling...

Crime

Sandra Bland dead for being “uppity”?

Kevin Seraaj - July 22, 2015

The Sandra Bland case is tragically another case of Black Lives Don't Matter. A dashboard camera video of the arrest which was released Tuesday shows...

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Protestors Bring List of Demands to Louisville Metro Police Department, Find Headquarters Shut Down

Kevin Seraaj - June 23, 2015

LOUISVILLE, K.Y. – On Monday, June 22 roughly 150 protestors peacefully demonstrated outside the Louisville Metro Police Department in response to a threatening letter...

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