Tag: Anti-Police Protests

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Protesters Harass NYPD Officer at His Home, One Arrested for Throwing Burning Hat at Window

The activist and other protesters showed up outside the officer’s home in Brooklyn Monday night after the officer “put his hands on protesters” during a separate rally at a police station a day earlier, Harper claimed on social media.

September 26, 2024

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Ferguson Officer Critically Injured in Protest Showing Small Signs of Improvement

Officer Travis “T.J.” Brown suffered a life-threatening brain injury Friday night after being knocked to the ground during a protest marking ten years since Michael Brown Jr.'s death in an officer-involved shooting. He remains in a coma.

August 16, 2024

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Ferguson Officer “Fighting for His Life” After Attack During Michael Brown Protest

A protester charged Officer Travis Brown when he attempted to make an arrest, causing him to fall and hit his head and leaving him with a "severe brain injury," Chief Troy Doyle said.

August 12, 2024

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Banks in Arizona Vandalized by Protesters of Atlanta Police Training Center

Shattered glass, broken windows, and words spray painted on buildings carried a message Sunday night in downtown Tucson, with “no cop city” written to reference a police training center in Atlanta.

February 29, 2024

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New Michigan Budget Mandates In-Service Training for State's 17,000+ Officers

The proposed 2024 budget for the state of Michigan includes stipulations that specific funds be set aside for mandated in-service training required for law enforcement officers to maintain their police certification.

March 10, 2023

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Civil Rights Lawyer Charged with Domestic Terrorism in Attack on GA’s “Cop City”

"An employee at the SPLC was arrested while acting — and identifying — as a legal observer on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG). The employee is an experienced legal observer, and their arrest is not evidence of any crime, but of heavy-handed law

March 7, 2023

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23 Charged After Attack on Atlanta Police at Training Center

"This was a very violent attack that occurred, this evening very violent attack," Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said in a press conference near the scene.

March 6, 2023

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DOJ Releases Report Containing "Roadmap" Aimed at Reforming Ohio Police

The DOJ's COPS Office recently released a report containing a set of recommendations aimed at "reforming" the Columbus (OH) Division of Police amid backlash over how it handled protests in the immediate aftermath of two high-profile officer-involved shootings.

March 3, 2023

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The Infuriating Irony of Protesters' Opposition to 'Cop City' Training Facility

Demands for increased quality and quantity police training will only be successfully met when myopic anti-police politicians, members of the press, and radicalized protesters get out of their own way and let it happen.

February 17, 2023

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In Memphis, an Absence of Training, Accountability, Answers, and Justification

Viewing—and contemplating—the video recording of the deadly incident in Memphis is somewhat reminiscent of the scene in Apocalypse Now depicting Captain Benjamin Willard and Colonel Walter talking about the reason for their meeting in the jungle.

February 3, 2023

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Reconciling the Duality of Defunding the Police and Demanding Higher Standards

The public, the press, and the political elites make all sorts of noise about wanting the very best of the best from the police. This legitimate desire—demand, even—is at least in part delegitimized when it comes from the same people who have vilified and eviscerated the police for the past half-decade.

January 6, 2023

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2022 in Review: 3 General Trends Dominating the Headlines on Police Training

Over the past year, the news has largely tended to fall into three main categories: budgets/inflation, de-escalation training, and recruiting/retention—the ongoing focus on these three topics is entirely unsurprising.

December 23, 2022