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Georgia cop tells frightened white woman at traffic stop, “We only kill black people.”

Posted on August 31, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

A lieutenant from a police department in Georgia is under investigation after a dashcam video obtained by Channel 2 Action News appears to show the officer telling a driver during a DUI stop, “Remember, we only kill black people.” Lt. … Continue reading →

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#Charlottesville: White supremacist yells ‘ nigger’ and fires into crowd at Black counter protester

Posted on August 27, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

A man attending the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, earlier this month fired his gun in the direction of a black counterprotester who was holding a torch, and police in their vicinity did not seem to respond. Those events … Continue reading →

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New Evidence Reveals Miami Cop Who Shot Charles Kinsey Knew He Was Unarmed

Posted on April 5, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

New evidence reveals that a Miami police officer that shot a behavioral therapist last year knew that the latter was unarmed. On July 18, 2016, North Miami police officer Jonathan Aledda, fired three shots at behavioral therapist Charles Kinsey, who … Continue reading →

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#MichaelSlager Trial | Verdict Watch

Posted on December 1, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

In closing arguments this afternoon in the state trial of former police officer Michael Slager, who is accused of murdering an unarmed black man in South Carolina, the defense blasted the media for creating what was described as a false … Continue reading →

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#MichaelSlager Trial

Posted on November 14, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

When they return to court Monday, jurors will have had three days to ruminate on questions they heard from attorneys hoping to upend the case against the policeman who killed Walter Scott. With all but a few of the 27 … Continue reading →

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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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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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#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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Charlotte girl weeps over police shootings at city council meeting

Posted on September 27, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

(CNN) — A young girl climbed up a step ladder to stand at the podium before a tense Charlotte City Council meeting. Petite in size, with braids in her hair and hearts on her t-shirt, Zianna Oliphant collected herself and … Continue reading →

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U.N. Human Rights Council will debate whether police killings of black men are modern day lynchings

Posted on September 24, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Police killings of Black people in the United States are reminiscent of lynchings and the government must do far more to protect them, a United Nations working group says in a report that will be debated at the U.N. Human … Continue reading →

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