Police Brutality

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  • After Floyd, U.S. cops still murder and still get away with it 2021-12-26 18:35

    After Floyd, U.S. cops still murder and still get away with it

    TEHRAN - Despite the state-to-state outcry in the United States and beyond over the daylight public execution by police of black American George Floyd in Minneapolis last year over an alleged 20-dollar counterfeit bill; a monitoring group says U.S. police are still using similar levels of lethal force and they are still not facing the consequences.

  • New York police probe amid “alarming acts” of racial misconduct 2021-12-05 18:23

    New York police probe amid “alarming acts” of racial misconduct

    TEHRAN - Another civil rights inquiry in the United States has highlighted the ongoing pattern of racism against black Americans arising from senior levels of authority. Federal investigators have launched a probe into an entire police department’s treatment towards black Americans; this time the Justice Department is investigating New York’s city Mount Vernon to find out if officers are engaging in a pattern of discriminatory policing against Black Americans using “excessive force.”

  • Police brutality 2021-09-27 17:31

    Senate attempt to reform U.S. police fails

    TEHRAN - Negotiations in the U.S. Congress to reform police practices following the 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis have collapsed, Democratic Senator Cory Booker says, as President Joe Biden blamed Republicans for the failure.