Category Archives: Police violence

Police Officer #MichaelSlager on Trial for the Murder of #WalterScott Day 4

Posted on November 8, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Two police officers testified Monday that the account Michael Slager gave them about shooting Walter Scott in the minutes after the slaying contradicted a dramatic cellphone video of the unarmed black motorist’s death. The trial of Slager, … Continue reading →

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Officer #RayTensing on Trial for the Murder of #SamDuBose Day 7

Posted on November 8, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

CINCINNATI — Ray Tensing must be haunted by the face of Sam DuBose. That seemed clear even before autopsy photos showing the gaping bullet holes in DuBose’s head popped up on the video monitor in front of Tensing during Monday’s … Continue reading →

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Officer #RayTensing on Trial for the Murder of #SamDuBose Day 6

Posted on November 7, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

CINCINNATI — One juror has dropped out of the Ray Tensing murder trial, Judge Megan Shanahan announced in court Monday morning. Juror alternate No. 4, a white female, removed herself from service due to safety and privacy concerns brought up … Continue reading →

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Police Officer #MichaelSlager on Trial for the Murder of #WalterScott

Posted on November 4, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

In the first day of testimony in the South Carolina criminal trial of Michael Slager, the white former police officer accused of fatally shooting Walter Scott, an unarmed black man, Scott’s mother was emotional on the stand, recounting her phone … Continue reading →

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Officer #RayTensing on Trial for the Murder of #SamDuBose Day 5

Posted on November 4, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Ray Tensing was not dragged by the car Sam DuBose was driving before the former UC police officer shot and killed DuBose, a forensic video analyst testified during Tensing’s trial Thursday. Tensing is accused of murder and voluntary manslaughter in … Continue reading →

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Friday Open Thread | United Nations Investigates Scandalous Treatment of Demonstrators

Posted on November 4, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Richard Broken Nose is a spiritual leader from the Pine Ridge reservation. On Wednesday, October 26, he and Leonard Little Finger, one of the Oglala’s most revered elders, came to pray with the water protectors near the Cannonball River. The … Continue reading →

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Officer #RayTensing on Trial for the Murder of #SamDuBose Day 4

Posted on November 3, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Attorneys for both sides in Ray Tensing’s murder trial agree the former University of Cincinnati’s body camera footage will play a huge role in the case. The footage shows Tensing shooting Sam DuBose during an off-campus traffic stop in July … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Open Thread | President Obama: We’re examining options to ‘reroute’ ND pipeline

Posted on November 2, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Pres. Obama directly addresses questions about the Dakota Access Pipeline #DAPL #StandingRock https://t.co/M8C763XUcO — The Last Word (@TheLastWord) November 2, 2016

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Officer #RayTensing on Trial for the Murder of #SamDuBose

Posted on November 1, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

CINCINNATI — Attorneys painted two very different pictures of the traffic stop that led to the shooting of Sam DuBose during opening statements in the murder trial of the former officer who shot him. Prosecutor Joe Deters called the shooting … Continue reading →

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#WalterScott Shooting: Jury selection begins for the murder trial of officer Michael Slager

Posted on October 31, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Jury selection is underway for the murder trial of former South Carolina cop Michael Slager, who shot and killed unarmed motorist Walter Scott during a traffic stop in early April 2015 in what prosecutors have alleged is murder, PEOPLE confirms. … Continue reading →

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