Nonilex<p>A federal judge Monday sentenced a fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Louisville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisville</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> officer to nearly 3 yrs in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a> for using <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExcessiveForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExcessiveForce</span></a> during the deadly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BreonnaTaylor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BreonnaTaylor</span></a> raid 5 yrs ago, rebuffing a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> recommendation of no prison time.<br>Brett Hankison, who fired 10 shots during the raid but didn’t hit anyone, was the only officer charged in the Black woman’s death in 2020. He is the 1st person sentenced to prison in the case.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceBrutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceBrutality</span></a><br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/breonna-taylor-raid-hankison-sentence-4da93877da13f506be42cc1c738cab2b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-21-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/breonna-tay</span><span class="invisible">lor-raid-hankison-sentence-4da93877da13f506be42cc1c738cab2b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-21-Breaking+News</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>“Although he was part of the team executing the warrant, Defendant Hankison did not shoot Ms. Taylor & is not otherwise responsible for her death,” the memo says. “Defendant Hankison did not wound her or anyone else at the scene that day, although he did discharge his duty weapon ten times blindly into Ms. Taylor’s home.”<br>
The jury found that Hankison used <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExcessiveForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExcessiveForce</span></a> by firing 10 shots through <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BreonnaTaylor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BreonnaTaylor</span></a>’s apartment’s window & door, both covered with shades & curtains.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BreonnaTaylor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BreonnaTaylor</span></a> died weeks before the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Minneapolis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minneapolis</span></a> police killing of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeorgeFloyd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeFloyd</span></a>. The deaths helped ignite nationwide protests seeking greater police <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a> over the use of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExcessiveForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExcessiveForce</span></a> against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> people.</p><p>Dhillon’s memo says the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> *respects* the jury’s verdict & that the conviction means Hankison will probably never be able to serve as a police officer or own a firearm. [unless of course <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> pardons him]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2233376/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2233376/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> LAPD investigating more than 80 misconduct complaints from protests <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/case" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>case</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Department" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Department</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ExcessiveForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExcessiveForce</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GavinNewsom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GavinNewsom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ImmigrationProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrationProtests</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/incident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>incident</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/investigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>investigation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JohnnySmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnnySmith</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LAImmigrationProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LAImmigrationProtests</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LAProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LAProtests</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LAPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LAPD</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LastMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LastMonth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuit</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MichaelRimkunas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelRimkunas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/officer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>officer</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>people</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/protester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protester</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USANews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USANews</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The Army’s conduct during these deployments was far from flawless. In addition to credible allegations of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExcessiveForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExcessiveForce</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Army</span></a> carried out extensive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/domestic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>domestic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a>, often tracking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civilians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civilians</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> groups without legal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authority</span></a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a>. And although its own use of force was generally restrained, its involvement helped blur the line between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> roles.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Title10</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PosseComitatusAct</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Marines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marines</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>5 years after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeorgeFloyd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeFloyd</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>murder</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceAbuse</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SystemicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExcessiveForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExcessiveForce</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QualifiedImmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QualifiedImmunity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICC</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/briefing/five-years-after-floyd.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=E5801D2D-5163-436A-AA1B-7D9DE956DF60" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/23/briefin</span><span class="invisible">g/five-years-after-floyd.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=E5801D2D-5163-436A-AA1B-7D9DE956DF60</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> deletes database tracking federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misconduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misconduct</span></a></p><p>The first nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal police officers has been shut down by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> Dept confirmed, deleting a resource that experts said improved <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSafety</span></a> by helping to prevent bad officers from jumping to new agencies & starting over with clean records.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceBrutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceBrutality</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExcessiveForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExcessiveForce</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/20/trump-justice-nlead-database-deleted/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/20/trump-justice-nlead-database-deleted/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>😱 Family member condemns use of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArmoredVehicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArmoredVehicle</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StunGrenades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StunGrenades</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PhoenixArizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhoenixArizona</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICEArrest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICEArrest</span></a></p><p>Daniel Gonzalez, February 3, 2025</p><p>"A family member is speaking out against an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> operation in northwest Phoenix on Sunday, calling it an unnecessary use of force that involved an armored vehicle, flash bang grenades and several dozen ICE agents and police dressed in military-style gear to arrest a single person, a 61-year-old man in poor health.</p><p>"Sunday's arrest in Phoenix took place amid President Donald Trump's nationwide immigration crackdown launched just over two weeks ago on Trump's first day in office.</p><p>"Videos of the ICE operation show an armored vehicle equipped with a long <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BatteringRam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BatteringRam</span></a> rolling through a residential neighborhood in daylight and then pulling up in front of a home as unmarked vehicles with sirens sounding and lights flashing zoom in and block off streets.</p><p>"As the battering ram lowers there is a sudden flash and explosion in front of the home followed by the voice of an officer over a police loudspeaker who says, 'This is the police with a warrant. Exit the residence immediately with your hands empty and above your head.' A second flash and explosion can be heard as the officer speaks.</p><p>"The videos were shared by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Marco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marco</span></a> =Garcia, the son of the man arrested; immigrant activist <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NatallyCruz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatallyCruz</span></a>, director of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PuenteArizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PuenteArizona</span></a>; and others on social media."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2025/02/03/phoenix-ice-arrest-61-year-old-man-involves-armored-vehicle-stun-grenades/78189148007/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">azcentral.com/story/news/polit</span><span class="invisible">ics/immigration/2025/02/03/phoenix-ice-arrest-61-year-old-man-involves-armored-vehicle-stun-grenades/78189148007/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICERaids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICERaids</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICEAgents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICEAgents</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrantRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrantRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExcessiveForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExcessiveForce</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoOneIsIllegalOnStolenLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoOneIsIllegalOnStolenLand</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pubeurope.com/@europesays" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>europesays</span></a></span> that's just murder by cops!</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PoliceBrutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceBrutality</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CopCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CopCrime</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ExcessiveForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExcessiveForce</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>3 Former Officers Found Guilty of Cover-Up in Tyre Nichols’s Death </p><p>The former officers were acquitted of the most serious charge in the case — violating Mr. Nichols’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> by causing his death.</p><p>By Emily Cochrane and Ben Stanley<br>Reporting from Memphis.<br>Oct. 3, 2024</p><p>"Three former Memphis police officers were found guilty on Thursday of federal witness tampering charges in the violent beating of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died three days after his encounter with the police.<br>But all of the officers were acquitted of the most serious charge in the case — violating Mr. Nichols’s civil rights by causing his death. One officer, Demetrius Haley, was convicted on a lesser charge of violating Mr. Nichols’s civil rights by causing bodily injury.<br> <br>"The mixed verdict in the federal trial in Memphis comes nearly two years after Mr. Nichols’s death, which sickened many across the nation, who viewed it as the latest example of a young Black man being subjected to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExcessiveForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExcessiveForce</span></a> at the hands of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a>. </p><p>"Video of the January 2023 encounter showed that after Mr. Nichols fled a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficStop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficStop</span></a>, officers viciously punched and kicked him, ignoring his cries for his mother and his attempts to comply with a barrage of conflicting commands. None of the officers reported the extent of the beating. </p><p>"The three defendants, along with two other former officers who pleaded guilty to their role in the violence, still face additional state charges, including second-degree murder. </p><p>"Sentencing on the federal convictions is expected to occur in January. </p><p>"'You know what these officers did and know it because you saw it over and over again,' said Kathryn Gilbert, a Justice Department lawyer, in closing statements. 'You can use your eyes. You can use your ears. You can use your common sense. You know what these officers did.'</p><p>"The trial, which lasted about 17 days, exposed a culture of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/secrecy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secrecy</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> within the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MemphisPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MemphisPolice</span></a> Department, where officers held to an unspoken agreement that they could punish anyone who fled from them and downplay the violence. The five officers — all of whom are Black — were part of a team within the specialized Scorpion street crime unit, where arrest statistics and confiscations were a priority."</p><p>Original article:<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/us/tyre-nichols-verdict.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/10/03/us/tyre</span><span class="invisible">-nichols-verdict.html</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/IDgFH#selection-823.0-859.413" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.ph/IDgFH#selection-823</span><span class="invisible">.0-859.413</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TyreNichols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TyreNichols</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JusticeForTyre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeForTyre</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ScorpionUnit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScorpionUnit</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MemphisTennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MemphisTennessee</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DrivingWhileBlack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrivingWhileBlack</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Judge Mark S. Norris, who will make the final sentencing judgment, is also overseeing the trials of the remaining 3 officers: Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley & Justin Smith. They are charged w/ use of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExcessiveForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExcessiveForce</span></a>, conspiracy to commit <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WitnessTampering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WitnessTampering</span></a> , <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/obstruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obstruction</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> & deliberate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/indifference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indifference</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TyreNichols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TyreNichols</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> condition.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SystemicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Memphis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Memphis</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Once a jury is seated, prosecutors & defense lawyers will give their opening statements. The trial is expected to last ~3 wks.
2 of the officers involved in the beating — Desmond Mills Jr. & Emmitt Martin III — have pleaded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guilty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guilty</span></a> to using <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExcessiveForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExcessiveForce</span></a> & a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WitnessTampering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WitnessTampering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a>. As part of the plea agreements, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> recommended Martin face a sentence not to exceed 40 yrs in prison & Mills to face no more than 15 yrs.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HateCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HateCrime</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Phoenix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phoenix</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> use <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExcessiveForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExcessiveForce</span></a> & racially <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discriminate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discriminate</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> says</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PHXPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PHXPD</span></a> routinely uses excessive force & discriminates against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hispanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hispanic</span></a> [ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Latino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Latino</span></a>] & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> [ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indigenous</span></a>] people, part of a broad pattern of unconstitutional policing in America.<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> investigators also found that the PHXPD violates the rights of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/homeless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homeless</span></a>, improperly arresting them & destroying their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/property" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>property</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SystemicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemicRacism</span></a><br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/06/13/justice-department-phoenix-police-force/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/national-se</span><span class="invisible">curity/2024/06/13/justice-department-phoenix-police-force/</span></a></p>
Nando161<p>all <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/kkkops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kkkops</span></a> are <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bastards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bastards</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>murder</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nswgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nswgov</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nswpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nswpol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/newsouthwales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newsouthwales</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AllCopsAreBastards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AllCopsAreBastards</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/acab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acab</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classwar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ausgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ausgov</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/politas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/excessiveforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>excessiveforce</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fuckthepolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fuckthepolice</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-24/newcastle-krista-kach-died-hit-bean-bag-round-what-are-they/102892012" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2023-09-24/new</span><span class="invisible">castle-krista-kach-died-hit-bean-bag-round-what-are-they/102892012</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Feds are accusing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmmittMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmmittMartin</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TadarriusBean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TadarriusBean</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DemetriusHaley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemetriusHaley</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DesmondMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DesmondMills</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JustinSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JustinSmith</span></a> of using <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExcessiveForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExcessiveForce</span></a> & violating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TyreNichols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TyreNichols</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rights</span></a>, as well as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conspiring</span></a> to make <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FalseStatements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FalseStatements</span></a> to supervisors while reporting the incidents & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ObstructingJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ObstructingJustice</span></a> during subsequent investigations.</p>
Nonilex<p>“Our investigation found that the systemic problems in MPD made what happened to George Floyd possible,” the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> report stated.</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Minneapolis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minneapolis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> Dept engaged in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/systemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemic</span></a> use of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExcessiveForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExcessiveForce</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discriminated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discriminated</span></a> against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racial</span></a> minorities in the years leading up to the police killing of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeorgeFloyd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeFloyd</span></a>…, federal authorities said Fri.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MinneapolisPoliceReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinneapolisPoliceReport</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MPD</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bias</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SystemicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MentalHealthStigma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealthStigma</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a><br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/16/minneapolis-police-report-doj/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/national-se</span><span class="invisible">curity/2023/06/16/minneapolis-police-report-doj/</span></a></p>
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