While the NYPD finally published some misconduct information for its officers this year, they hid the details in a haystack of 34,000 officer profiles. @derekwillis & @moizsyed pulled those needles out for you:https://t.co/8ZjE2eALjf
— Ken Schwencke (@schwanksta) June 22, 2021
Category: Police State
Violence is so hot
Byeeee. || 50 Police Officers Step Down From a Crowd Control Unit in Portland https://t.co/tbYiuMY3ld
— Amy (@amyliztweets) June 17, 2021
Open season
‘I’m not releasing the video – This is done’: NC DA gets defensive after announcing no charges in police shooting https://t.co/Ev4PcVhxw3
— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 18, 2021
So we’re the only ones, huh?
Foreign cops on "qualified immunity": Whut?! https://t.co/UwIvEqGJ42
— @TomSullivan@mstdn.social (@BloggersRUs) May 12, 2021
Deja vu all over again
Black man killed by police shot in back of head, attorney says https://t.co/vcDmtMzIta
— WPBF 25 News (@WPBF25News) April 27, 2021
How it happens
One officer was indicted, accused of pepper-spraying a handcuffed woman, filing a false report & encouraging others to fake reports.
He received no jail time or probation, but entered a “pretrial intervention” program that wiped charges from his record. https://t.co/8bDxYj0bTw
— ProPublica (@propublica) April 25, 2021
DoJ announces Minneapolis investigation
The investigation announced Wednesday is known as a "pattern or practice" and will be a more sweeping probe of the entire department. https://t.co/5TTsCR6FOl
— Action News on 6abc (@6abc) April 21, 2021
A start
The Chauvin Verdict Has to Be Just the Beginning via @thenation https://t.co/dLaE6VusRD
— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) April 20, 2021
Breathe
WATCH: Derek Chauvin declared guilty on all counts of murder and manslaughter in George Floyd's death. https://t.co/olDOHgU9BV pic.twitter.com/bw6gKPqo4q
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 20, 2021
George Floyd’s brother Philonise Floyd references Emmett Till and Daunte Wright while speaking after the Chauvin verdict: “It seems like this is a never ending cycle.” https://t.co/IczJvbX0rR pic.twitter.com/CIGcarDKCR
— CNBC (@CNBC) April 20, 2021
Philonise Floyd, George Floyd's brother: "Today, we are able to breathe again."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 20, 2021
Agreed, forget the Oscars or any other award show for any media type…the most captivating, compelling, effectual video of 2020-2021 (& years to come) was shot by Darnella Frazier, the 17-year-old girl who took out her cell phone and recorded Derek Chauvin killing George Floyd.
— Alicia Pena-Dzamonja (@DzamonjaPena) April 20, 2021
Minneapolis Mayor Frey says a jury convicting Derek Chauvin of murder in George Floyd's death marks one "important step in our pursuit of racial justice in Minneapolis" as part of a "much longer journey." https://t.co/VLCcYpYzrQ
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 20, 2021
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison: "I would not call today's verdict justice, however, because justice implies true restoration. But it is accountability, which is the first step toward justice."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 20, 2021
Accountable
— mike luckovich (@mluckovichajc) April 20, 2021