LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck WARNING: The following details of the story and the video itself are extremely violent. Cop Block reports: Sgt. Anthony Grasso, Officer Edward Conner, and Officer John Moccio have been fired from the Agawam Police Department. The violent trio first made headlines last year when news broke…
by Micah J. Fleck In July of this past year, a Texas cop paralyzed a man by shooting him in the spine. According to the officer at the time, the victim was posing a “threat” despite the curious location at which he was shot. Now, in the wake of newly revealed dashcam footage from the…
Blake Neff The Washington Post has published a lengthy year-end report on fatal police shootings in the U.S. that hints at possible police bias in the form of disproportionate killing of unarmed black men. Deceptive statistics that nakedly push a narrative substantially taint the report’s objectivity, and call into question its conclusions. Post staff decided to log every…
Casey Harper More than half of black millennials say they have either experienced police harassment or violence, or they know someone who has, according to a study released Wednesday. The survey, first reported by the Associated Press, asked “Have you or anyone you know experienced harassment or violence at the hands of the police?” and 54.4 of black…