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Police Use of Force

By: Michael Fortune
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  • Summary

  • Police use of force for blacks is 7 times higher than whites in Minneapolis. About 20 percent of Minneapolis’s population of 430,000 is black. But when the police get physical — with kicks, neck holds, punches, shoves, takedowns, Mace, Tasers or other forms of muscle — nearly 60 percent of the time the person subject to that force are black.

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Episodes
  • Top Use Of Police Force Episodes 2023

    Top Use Of Police Force Episodes 2023
    Jan 6 2024
    Top Use Of Police Force Episodes 2023, Police Shoot 90 Times, Excessive Use Of Force, and Ranting Police are our top episodes for 2023.

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    57 mins
  • Police Shot At Man 90 Times -

    Police Shot At Man 90 Times -
    Mar 20 2023
    A Las Cruces man who is alleging Las Cruces police officers shot him 90 times while unarmed is suing the police department. Jonathan Strickland and his attorney John Burris announced the federal civil rights lawsuit at a press conference on Wednesday





    Strickland's wife had made a false abuse complaint to the Las Cruces police that she later recanted."I never threatened any of the officers I was unarmed never threatened any of them and I never did any of the things that woman accused me of," said Jonathan Strickland

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    14 mins
  • Excessive Use Of Force Death

    Excessive Use Of Force Death
    Jan 24 2023
    MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Memphis Police Department announced Friday that five officers were fired. Each one was involved in a traffic stop and the subsequent “excessive force” death of Tyre Nichols, according to the agency. The terminated officers were identified as Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith. They are accused of using unlawful force against Nichols, who reportedly fought and fled from officers after he was stopped for reckless driving on Jan 7,

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    6 mins
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