#lapd shooting

[thejournalista]

LAPD Releases Video Surveillance Video in Carnell Snell Shooting showing suspect running away from police. Why was he shot? The 45-second clip, which LAPD posted to its YouTube channel, shows a suspect reported to be Carnell Snell Jr in a shopping center.

[stephanbroadus]

Hands up, don’t shoot: Why ‘he tried to grab my gun’ just not good enough

Hands up, don’t shoot: Why ‘he tried to grab my gun’ just not good enough

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2014 felt like the year that many Black people woke from their slumber. Somehow we’ve been lulled into a comfortable sleep, but it’s apparent that we live in a racially unequal country. But there was something about last year–whether it’s the rise of social media activism or the number of highly public cases where Black people were shot and killed by police. It all became too much. If…

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[nighttrails]

This is disgusting

[rtamerica-blog]

Protests intensify against LAPD after shooting death of homeless man

[thefart-party]

I honestly feel like I can't really trust cops these days, mainly white cops cause they're pretty much hunting everything that's not white and straight. Seriously, this needs to stop and I hate it when people try to justify these killings by adding some BS to it like 'He reached for the cops gun!' or 'He was a criminal.'. Yet there are plenty of white criminals who whatever the fuck they want and get away with it

[eleganceinquestion]

Don't try to justify murdering a human being with a fifteen-year-old crime. Africa had the right to a fair trial, and he certainly had the right to live.

[blinkernyc]

Nearly A Quarter Of A Century Later, The LAPD Is Still Getting Caught Brutalizing Black Men On Camera

Top: LAPD officers beating Rodney King after a high-speed chase. (3/3/1991)

Bottom: LAPD officers lethally shooting unidentified homeless man (AKA Africa) after a confrontation over an illegal tent. (3/1/2015)

[rtamerica-blog]

LAPD shooting, NYPD lawsuit brings more heat on police abuse