Brutality News

Protest: Disability rights groups target Atos in London (updated)

London - Over 400 protesters from Disabled People Against the Cuts and U.K. Uncut protested on Friday outside Paralympic sponsor Atos' headquarters and the Department for Work and Pensions in London.

In the Media by Anne Sewell

New York Times photojournalist fights brutal NYPD arrest

New York - Robert Stolarik was doing his job, covering the arrest of a 16-year-old girl in the Bronx, when the NYPD brutally assaulted and arrested him.

In the Media by Anne Sewell - 7 comments

Protests as Anaheim PD faces evidence-buying claims

Anaheim - In the wake of the shooting of an unarmed man in Anaheim, Ca, protesters stormed the Anaheim police station. Demonstrators chanted "no justice, no peace" and "cops, pigs, murderers."

In the Media by Anne Sewell

Georgia cop kicks pregnant woman in the stomach

A police officer from DeKalb County is in hot water for the third time in 7 months. He is now in trouble for kicking a pregnant woman in the stomach.

In the Media by Anne Sewell - 7 comments

Video of CA cops beating homeless man to death shown in court

Almost a year ago, 2 California police officers beat a 37-year-old homeless man, Kelly Thomas to death. Now video footage of the brutal attack has been revealed in court.

In the Media by Anne Sewell - 20 comments

Video: Austerity grows, police lash out at protesters in Spain

Madrid - In a country where one in four citizens are now unemployed anger grows and with it, the brutality of the police against demonstrators.

In the Media by Anne Sewell

Joke on Twitter gone awry, NYPD seeking Occupy tweeter

New York - The NYPD is looking for a Twitter user who made an inappropriate tweet after the recent Occupy Wall Street anniversary protest. They think OWS protestes wants to kill police officers.

In the Media by Anne Sewell - 2 comments

Police brutality against protesting students in Valencia

Valencia - Yesterday a group of students were protesting against budget cuts in education in Valencia, Spain. It is said that police overstepped the mark in trying to control them.

In the Media by Anne Sewell

Autopsy on Florida A&M hazing victim reveals he was brutalized

Tallahassee - An results of an autopsy just performed on a Florida A&M University drum major's body shows he was beaten so badly he suffered muscle damage only seen in victims of prolonged child abuse, torture or a car accident.

In the Media by Joan Firstenberg - 4 comments

Female A&M band member suffers broken thigh from hazing beating

Tallahassee - The beating of Bria Sharie Hunter, an A&M band member, comes about three weeks before drum major Robert Champion was killed in a hazing incident during a band trip to Orlando. His death and severe beating now expose a long hazing tradition at A&M.

In the Media by Joan Firstenberg

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