A transwoman whose videotaped beating at the hands of police helped spark a movement to fight police brutality in Memphis was found shot to death Nov. 9.
A Nov. 11 article at the Memphis Commercial Appeal said that Duanna Johnson, 43, suffered a gunshot wound to the head and died at the site of the shooting [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Transgender Victim of Police Beating Died Before Case Went ot Trial (Memphis, TN)
Posted in Deaths, Rulings on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Alleged Brutality in West Allis
Posted in Brutality on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Arrested, cuffed and…he claims…beaten by police. A man is claiming he was unjustly attacked by officers in West Allis. Now an investigation is underway to see exactly what happened and why.
Stanke was in tears as he looked at the pictures of the injuries he claims he received while being arrested by West Allis police. “The [...]
Lawyers protest against police brutality
Posted in What You Can Do on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
LAHORE: The legal fraternity would observe complete boycott of court proceedings on Wednesday (today) to protest against police torture on lawyers and their arrest on November 5, 2007, two days after the imposition of emergency.
Lahore High Court Bar Association Secretary Rana Asadullah Khan has announced that no lawyer would appear in any court to show [...]
92 Yr Old Womans’ “Polce Related” Death Still Unsolved (Atlanta, GA)
Posted in Deaths, Rulings on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two years later, the Kathryn Johnston case is back where it started —- with the Atlanta Police Department.
The November 2006 killing of the 92-year-old woman by a rogue drug squad in her own home has been solved. Early on, federal investigators echoed suspicions of the community that such corruption was widespread. But in closing the [...]
Unarmed Man Shot To Death By Police (Culver City, CA)
Posted in Deaths on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Culver City police officer shot to death an unarmed man who had his hand in his waistband during a traffic stop Saturday, authorities said.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene in the Venice area of Los Angeles shortly after midnight, said Deputy Johnie Jones of the county Sheriff’s Department, which is investigating the [...]
New York Plain Clothes Police Brutally Kill 2 Trinidadian (Brooklyn, NY)
Posted in Deaths on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NJ Cop Puts Cameraman In Chokehold
Posted in Brutality on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You can hear the officer say….
“I can do whatever I want!”
Is this the type of attitude the law enforcement should have?
Police Attack Blind Woman
Posted in Brutality on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
