NewsOne Featured Video Source: SeventyFour / Getty Two years ago, 37-year-old Tremar Harris was a pre-trial detainee in solitary confinement at the Appling County jail in Brunswick, Georgia. Now, Harris has filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court against three correctional officers, one of whom can be seen in surveillance video wrapping a chain […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Anadolu / Getty A video of plainclothes Chicago police firing nearly 100 gunshots at a Black man during a traffic, stop which led to his death, was released on Tuesday, spotlighting the dangers Black men face when pulled over by police. According to ABC News, Dexter Reed was shot and killed […]
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NewsOne Featured Video A former Michigan cop who punched a Black man in the face during booking pleaded guilty on Monday to a federal civil rights violation. According to the AP, Matthew Rodriguez admitted to using “unreasonable force” when he was processing 19-year-old Jaquwan Smith in the fingerprint room at the Warren jail last June. […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Anadolu / Getty There’s a reason why I have always said that a police report is not a credible news source. Sure, a responsible news outlet will always report what investigating officers and police departments officially stated regarding an incident, but it’s not unbiased journalism if you’re treating a cop’s word […]
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