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Man Is Shot in Charlotte as Unrest Stretches to Second Night

  • September 22, 2016
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A second night of protests set off by the police killing of a black man spiraled into chaos and violence after nightfall here Wednesday when a demonstration was interrupted by gunfire that gravely wounded a man in the crowd. Law enforcement authorities fired tear gas in a desperate bid to restore order. The city said on its Twitter account that the unidentified man was on life support after what officials said was a “civilian on civilian” confrontation. The authorities provided no further details. Charlotte officials had said earlier that the man had been killed in the unrest….

Protests Erupt over Police Killings of Terence Crutcher & Keith Lamont Scott in Tulsa & Charlotte

  • September 22, 2016
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We host a roundtable on police killings of black men. Protests escalated in Charlotte, North Carolina, overnight when hundreds took to the street and blocked Interstate 85 to express outrage over the police shooting of 43-year-old African American Keith Lamont Scott on Tuesday. Video footage shows people blocking the highway, where fires were lit. This comes as police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have released a video showing a white police officer shooting and killing 40-year-old African American Terence Crutcher while his hands were in the air. We are joined by Vincent Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights; Bree…

Federal Charges for Chicago Officer in Shooting Caught on Video

  • September 17, 2016
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A Chicago police officer is facing federal criminal charges for shooting two black teenagers in 2013, when he fired into a stolen car that was moving away from him in an incident that was recorded on video. An indictment filed on Thursday and made public on Friday charges Officer Marco Proano with two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law, each one carrying a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. Both of the teenagers who were shot survived. Video of the encounter, captured by a dashboard camera in the officer’s squad car, became public last year as…

Inspired by the U.S., West Africans Wield Smartphones to Fight Police Abuse

  • September 17, 2016
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DAKAR, Senegal — The YouTube video shows a grim scene from Ivory Coast: An unarmed man lies on a street with his arms up. A police officer fires a shot that appears to strike him. The man, a theft suspect, squirms on the road as the officer kicks and hovers over him, firing his weapon several times near his head, bullets hitting the ground just inches away. The officer then aims directly at the man’s forehead and pulls the trigger, killing him. The video, recorded by an onlooker using a cellphone camera, spread widely across social media this summer, attracting…

Heidelberg: Ruhestörung endet mit massivem Polizeieinsatz

  • September 5, 2016
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Heidelberg. (pol/eka) Wegen einer Ruhestörung wurden Beamte des Polizeireviers Heidelberg-Süd bereits am späten Freitagabend in das Mörgelgewann nach Kirchheim gerufen. Bereits zu diesem Zeitpunkt machten einige der zur Ruhe Ermahnten einen alkoholisierten Eindruck und verhielten sich uneinsichtig, so die Polizei. Als die Ordnungshüter kurz nach Mitternacht erneut wegen einer Ruhestörung ins Mörgelgewann gerufen wurden, eskalierte die Situation: Eine 49-jährige Frau war derart aufbrausend und aggressiv, dass sie von den Beamten zur Seite genommen sollte. Daraufhin gingen die restlichen Anwesenden gegen die Polizei vor. Es kam zu tumultartigen Szenen, die nur mit massiver Polizei-Unterstützung in den Griff zu bekommen waren. Am…

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