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Monday, 07 February 2011 |
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AOLNews Feb4, 2011 – 10:05 AM http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/04/graphic-footage-of-cops-beating-teen-roils-houston-video/?icid=maing%7Cmain5%7Cdl3%7Csec1_lnk3%7C41451&a_dgi=aolshare_facebook Video of police repeatedly kicking and stomping a teenage burglary suspect haspassions running high in Houston, with community activists charging the citywith a cover-up and the mayor fearing that release of the footage may end upjeopardizing a pending trial of officers charged in the case. The video taken March 24 shows a number of policemen surrounding then 15-year-old Chad Holley, who is face down on the street after being chased by patrol cars. The officers can be seen kicking, punching and stomping Holley, and some of the blows appear to have been administered after he had been handcuffed. Twelve officers were disciplined in the case, and four have been fired and are awaiting trial on official oppression charges, ABC affiliate KTRK-TV reported. The station was given a copy of the video by local activist Quanell X and aired it Wednesday night. City officials had said they wanted the video kept underwraps until the trial began. Mayor Annise Parker, who told KTRK she was "shocked and disgusted" when she first saw the video, nevertheless complained that the person who gave it to the TV station should be prosecuted. Later, the mayor tempered her stance. "I was angry and frustrated," Parker told the station Thursday. "Having slept on it, I would not have been so harsh." But the beating continues to stir emotions in Houston's minority community. |
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Monday, 07 February 2011 |
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DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Sunday, February 6th 2011, 4:00 AM Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/02/06/2011-02-06_when_cop_shot_me_i_see_the_light__hear_bullet_at_same_time.html#ixzz1DFVSitUW A 76-year-old Bronx man jarred from his sleep by someone pounding on his door about 3 a.m. had no idea he was seconds from a brush with death. "Who is coming at this time?" Jose Colon thought as he jumped out of bed, scared and still wearing his pajamas. Before he made it out of his bedroom, heavily armed cops broke down the front door and rushed into Colon's home looking for his son. He stepped into the hallway and three things happened simultaneously. A light flashed in his face. Cops yelled, "Don't move!" And a police bullet ripped into his midsection and came to rest near his pelvis. "I see the light and I hear the bullet - all at the same time," he told the Daily News Saturday in his first public comments since the Jan. 22 shooting. "When I see that the bullet hit me, I said, 'Please don't shoot! I've been shot!'" Colon said. "Then the police officer came to me and said, 'Don't move!' and he laid me down." Colon said he lay on the floor thinking he was going to die. |
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Friday, 28 January 2011 |
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CCR Stands with Copwatch Groups to Ensure Their Right to Monitor Police ActivityVideo documentation of police activity can and has been instrumental in drawing national attention to incidents of police brutality, as in the 1992 policebeating of Rodney King and the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant, an unarmed young black man, by a Bay Area Rapid Transit officer. This week, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed an amicus brief in Glik v. Cunniffe, et al. arguing that Copwatch activist groups that monitor police misconduct by video recordings are protected under the First Amendment. |
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Friday, 21 January 2011 |
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By Tom Robbins Wednesday, Jan 19 2011 http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-01-19/columns/nypd-cops-training-included-an-anti-muslim-horror-flick/ This month, when a group of New York City police officers showed up for their required counter-terrorism training, they got to watch a movie. And not just some diddly 20-minute educational film, either. It was a full-length color feature, with more explosions than a Transformerssequel and more blood-splattered victims than an HBO World War II series. The bad news was that it was a spectacularly offensive smear of American Muslims. The film is called The Third Jihad. It is 72 minutes of gruesome footage of bombing carnage, frenzied crowds, burning American flags, flaming churches, and seething mullahs. All of this is sandwiched between a collection of somber talking heads informing us that, while we were sleeping, the international Islamist Jihad that wrought these horrors has set up shop here and is quietly going about its deadly business. This is the final drive in a 1,400-year-old bid for Muslim world domination, we're informed. And while we may think there are some perfectly reasonable Muslim leaders and organizations here in the U.S., that is just more sucker bait sent our way. |
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Saturday, 08 January 2011 |
Join Us! Cop Watch Training* Sat. Jan. 15th01/15/11, 2-5pm Center for Constitutional Rights, 666 Broadway, 7th Floor (N/R/W to 8th St. or B/D/F/V to B-way-Laf. St.) Who Should Attend? - groups of 3-5 who wanna start Cop Watch teams
- folks who wanna learn about their rights when approached by the nypd (esp. poc, youth, immigrants, trans and queer folks.)
- folks who are tired of experiencing police violence in their neighborhoods
- folks who wanna plug into PJ's work
- lawyers and other folks who wanna help hold the NYPD accountability to NYC communities
- folks who wanna talk to their communities about the issues they face
* Cop Watch is a grassroots tactic to help prevent police abuse and build community power. The training will cover basic know your rights information, Cop Watch team structures, and methods for conducting Cop Watch patrols in your neighborhood. |
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