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Police Brutality

Chad Holley (second from right) stands beside his mother, Joyce Holley (right) as Minister Quanell X (left) describes the events surrounding the alleged beating of Chad Holley after an encounter with eight Houston police officers in March, during a press conference Tuesday, May 4, 2010, in Houston with members of the NAACP, S.H.A.P.E. Community Center, the Nation of Islam, Ministers Against Crime, the National Black United Front and other community leaders, to release graphic images of injuries sustained by Holley.

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Ex-officers get probation in Houston teen beating

Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) - Two former Houston police officers accused of beating a black teenage burglary suspect have been sentenced to two years of probation...
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A Seattle Police SWAT vehicle leaves the scene of a search for suspect, who shot and killed four police officers the day before, may have fled November 30, 2009 in Seattle, Washington. Police are still searching for Maurice Clemmons, a suspect who allegedly shot and killed four police officers at a coffee shop November 29. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)

Seattle chief retires amid use of force order

Gene Johnson, Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) - Seattle Police Chief John Diaz retired Monday as his department faces a court order involving use of force by officers...
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A photograph of Kimani Gray and his younger sister is illuminated by candles at a memorial in his honor in the East Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

Kimani Gray's family, community seek justice

Lilly Workneh
theGRIO REPORT - Family and friends of the late Kimani Gray attended the funeral of the 16-year-old boy on Saturday - but although the slain teen has been put to rest, questions surrounding his death still emerge...
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Jabbar Campbell

Cops accused of beating up man in Crown Heights

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VIDEO - In a lawsuit Crown Heights resident Jabbar Campbell claims NYPD officers tampered with security cameras before beating him up outside his home...
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Alesia Thomas, mother dead in the back of an LAPD vehicle

Family sues police for video after violent death in custody

Trymaine Lee, NBC News
NBC NEWS - Alesia Thomas died in police custody last July after having her hands and ankles bound together behind her back and being kicked in the genitals by an officer...
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Sean Bell with fiancee Nicole Paultre Bell

New Yorkers mark 6 year anniversary of Sean Bell shooting

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - November 25th marked the six year anniversary of the shooting death of Sean Bell. Mourners gathered in Jamaica, Queens to remember the 23-year-old who was killed by police on his wedding day...
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Jury: LAPD must pay $1.6 million to disabled man

Abdul Sada
A disabled African American man was awarded $1.6 million last week Wednesday in damages after jury found that LAPD officers used excessive force that left man with a broken collar bone and nerve damage in his wrist...
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Stephanie Nickerson after she says she was beaten by a Durham, North Carolina police officer (WTVD)

Female navy veteran says police attacked her

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - A Navy veteran who was charged with resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer is claiming she was a victim of police brutality, WTVD reports...
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Sixteen-Year-Old Harlem teenager 'Alvin' (Video still via The Nation)

NYC teen stopped and frisked for being a 'mutt'

Hassan Washington
theGRIO REPORT - The New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk practices have raised serious concerns over racial profiling, illegal stops and privacy rights. In new audio recordings of allegedly of the NYPD performing a stop-and-frisk of a 16-year-old Harlem teen...
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Ricardo Pierre (Video still via NBC Miami)

Police accused of tasering convulsing man

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VIDEO - Marie Ginette Mondesir says she called 911 for help in her son's medical emergency, but police ended up abusing him. Ginette Mondesir, her son Ricardo Pierre and their attorney, David Kubiliun, explained what happened...
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