Another innocent black man beaten. Police brutality in Minneapolis

During what should have been a routine traffic stop Derryl Jenkins was first taken down by one cop and then beaten by several more cops when “help” arrived. What’s really sad about this is that the whole time Jenkins in screaming that he is not resisting.  Watch the vieo by using the link below. WARNING graphic violence and profanity:

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Black on Black Crime

I wrote this poem after seeing another story about a black man being shot by police. While the outrage was justified I wondered why we don’t see the same level of outrage when one young black man kills another.

While police shootings and brutality are not the isolated incidents many try to make them out to be there is no comparison when it comes to the fact that black on black crime takes far more young black lives.

Until we ourselves show that we care about this issue there will be no way to stop it.

BLACK ON BLACK

We march when the cops beat us
We cry when our young men are attacked
But where is the outrage
When the attacker is black

Where are the “Civil Rights Leaders”
Where is the black press
When we are the cause
of a sad and tragic death

Where are the bloggers
When it is us that sow the pain
Where are they at
When some us don’t act sane

Maybe the truth is
We just don’t care
Maybe it’s okay for us to kill each other
But a white cop better not dare

George Cook 2009
From the eBook  Let’s Talk Honestly: One Black Man’s Thoughts
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Austrian police beat Micheal Brennan, an innocent black man

I’m sure is I were a comedian I could come up with a joke about a black man ain’t even safe from the police overseas but this is not funny.

Micheal Brennan an African American man was beat by Austrian police while in the city of Vienna. Police mistook him for a drug dealer and attcaked him. When they realized their mistake just left him there with no apology. The two officers involved have yet to be punished. Read the entire story by using the link below:

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Disturbing video of police brutality in Passiac NJ

Ronnie Holloway an African American man was standing out a Passiac NJ bar when sudenly a police cruiser pulls up. He is told to do something by one cop and then complies with the officers instructions. Seconds later he is vicously beaten by the cops partner, Jose rios III. A beating so sudden and vicous the female partner of the attacking cop can’t stop it until backup arrives. watch the video by using the link below:

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Video: Al Sharpton leads protest march in Homer Louisiana

This past weekend Rev. Al Sharpton led a march in Homer Louisiana to protest the police shooting of a 73 year old black man. Bernard Monroe. This incident happened back in February and the Homer police have yet to comment on the status of their investigation. Click link below to watch video of the march below:

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Highway Robbery, Tenaha Texas police taking black motorist cars and money

You can drive into a town near the Texas-Louisiana border if you’re African-American, but you might not be able to drive out of it-at least not with your car, your cash, your jewelry or other valuables.

That’s because the police here allegedly have found a way to strip motorists, many of them black, of their property without ever charging them with a crime. Instead they offer out-of-towners a grim choice: voluntarily sign over your belongings to the town, or face felony charges of money laundering or other serious crimes.

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BART police shooting could have been avoided?!?!

The shooting death of Oscar Grant by BART Officer Johannes Mehserle could have been avoided. It turns out that Johannes Mehserle and others officers beat Kenneth Carrethers a black man just two months prior to Grant’s death.

 

Kenneth Carrethers tried to file a complaint to no avail because the one officer who handles such complaints was on vacation up until the week after Grant’s death.You have to wonder whether or not that report had been filed would Mehserle been in position to kill anyone. It seems that police brutality was the norm with BART Officers and what’s worse no one at the top seemed to care. Watch video of Kenneth Carrethers tell his story by clicking the link:

 

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BART officer charged with murder

The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday that it has filed murder charges against a former Bay Area transit officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black man that set off violent protests.

District Attorney Tom Orloff said the murder charge was filed against 27-year-old Johannes Mehserle because the evidence indicates “an unlawful killing done by an intentional act.” Read the entire article by clicking the link below:

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New Orleans police shoot black man 12 times in the back

New Orleans police shot Adolph Grimes 14 times. 12 of those shots struck him in the back. Police claim he had a gun and shot first although they have produced no weapon as of yet.  The FBI is now investigating. Learn more by clicking the link below:

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Video: Riots in Oakland over police shooting of Oscar Grant

Riots erupted in Oakland in response to the police shooting of Oscar Grant in the back by BART officer Johannes Mehserle while Grant was handcuffed and on the ground. Watch video of the riots by clicking the link below:

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