The #LAPD is aware a 2nd #Australian journalist, the ABC’s #LaurenDay, was affected by police deployment of non-lethal weapons during the protests.

Earlier, on 9 June (LA time), the LAPD said it was investigating the use of #excessiveforce by it’s officers, in an apparent reference to Nine correspondent #LaurenTomasi who was hit by a rubber bullet in the leg.

There has been a 3rd incident with an ABC camera operator hit with a #rubberbullet in the chest but was not injured #auspol #USPol

5 years after #GeorgeFloyd's #murder

#law #PoliceAbuse #PoliceReform #SystemicRacism #ExcessiveForce #PoliceViolence #QualifiedImmunity #Trump #DOJ #CivilRights #HumanRights #ICC
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

A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday revived a civil rights lawsuit against a Houston-area police officer who shot a man to death during a 2016 traffic stop over unpaid tolls.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/law-enforcement/2025/05/15/521398/supreme-court-revives-lawsuit-over-fatal-houston-police-shooting-during-traffic-stop-for-unpaid-tolls/

#Court #HarrisCounty #Houston #LawEnforcement #Local #National #News #Police #SupremeCourt #AshtianBarnes #ExcessiveForce #HarrisCountyPrecinct5ConstableSOffice #RobertoFelixJr #SamHoustonTollway

#DOJ deletes database tracking federal #police #misconduct

The first nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal police officers has been shut down by #Trump, the #Justice Dept confirmed, deleting a resource that experts said improved #PublicSafety by helping to prevent bad officers from jumping to new agencies & starting over with clean records.

#law #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #ExcessiveForce #AbuseOfPower #ACAB #HumanRights #CivilRights #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/20/trump-justice-nlead-database-deleted/

😱 Family member condemns use of #ArmoredVehicle, #StunGrenades in #PhoenixArizona #ICEArrest

Daniel Gonzalez, February 3, 2025

"A family member is speaking out against an #ICE 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.

"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.

"Videos of the ICE operation show an armored vehicle equipped with a long #BatteringRam 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.

"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.

"The videos were shared by #Marco =Garcia, the son of the man arrested; immigrant activist #NatallyCruz, director of #PuenteArizona; and others on social media."

Read more:
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2025/02/03/phoenix-ice-arrest-61-year-old-man-involves-armored-vehicle-stun-grenades/78189148007/
#USPol #ICERaids #ICEAgents #ImmigrantRights #Fascism #ExcessiveForce #NoOneIsIllegalOnStolenLand

3 Former Officers Found Guilty of Cover-Up in Tyre Nichols’s Death

The former officers were acquitted of the most serious charge in the case — violating Mr. Nichols’s #CivilRights by causing his death.

By Emily Cochrane and Ben Stanley
Reporting from Memphis.
Oct. 3, 2024

"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.
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.

"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 #ExcessiveForce at the hands of the #police.

"Video of the January 2023 encounter showed that after Mr. Nichols fled a #TrafficStop, 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.

"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.

"Sentencing on the federal convictions is expected to occur in January.

"'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.'

"The trial, which lasted about 17 days, exposed a culture of #secrecy and #violence within the #MemphisPolice 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."

Original article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/us/tyre-nichols-verdict.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/IDgFH#selection-823.0-859.413

#ACAB #BlackLivesMatter #TyreNichols #JusticeForTyre #ScorpionUnit #MemphisTennessee #Tennessee #DrivingWhileBlack