Video of last Saturday October 8th, shows officers initially refused to allow the family of Jaheim McMillan in to see him in the hospital just two days after he was handcuffed after being shot in the head by Gulfport Police. One officer even goes so far as to tell Jaheim’s mother, Katrina, that Jaheim is dead. In the video, he attempts to walk this affirmative statement back when he...
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The video is blurred but is still disturbing. Roderick Brooks was chased down and had his life taken because someone believed he took detergent with a value of $1 on July 8th at a Dollar General. Certainly, Brooks’ life should have meant more than the possibility of detergent and that something as trivial as this resulted in the loss of human life in exchange for the preservation of soap....
Snapchat User MHall006 “Mark Hall” can be seen in the video driving through a group of young Black Teens and speeding up as he gets closer to them. The man can be heard in the video laughing to himself and saying what sounds like “Aww Hell… 50 points!” As though he would be rewarded for hitting them. The teen boys all manage to get out of the way of...
Brandon Calloway. He’s a 25 year old college grad and member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He was delivering for DoorDash when Oakland (TN) Police attempted to pull him over allegedly for failing to stop at a stop sign and driving 32 mph in a 20 mph zone. Fearing for his life, Brandon drove 1/2 mile to his home and ran into the house. Police broke down the door,...
Ok for context this conversation is taking place in a revocation hearing involving a Black male defendant who had an encounter with a police officer. The district court judge, Erika Ballou, a former defense attorney, is speaking empathetically to the man about why we have to make decisions that will not lead to us having to be encountered by police. Essentially she’s saying- police sometimes approach us when we...
