Police Use of Force

Michael Fortune

Police use of force for blacks is 7 times higher than whites in Minneapolis. About 20 percent of Minneapolis’s population of 430,000 is black. But when the police get physical — with kicks, neck holds, punches, shoves, takedowns, Mace, Tasers or other forms of muscle — nearly 60 percent of the time the person subject to that force are black. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

  1. 01/06/2024

    Top Use Of Police Force Episodes 2023

    Top Use Of Police Force Episodes 2023, Police Shoot 90 Times, Excessive Use Of Force, and Ranting Police are our top episodes for 2023. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

    Top Use Of Police Force Episodes 2023

  2. 03/20/2023

    Police Shot At Man 90 Times -

    A Las Cruces man who is alleging Las Cruces police officers shot him 90 times while unarmed is suing the police department. Jonathan Strickland and his attorney John Burris announced the federal civil rights lawsuit at a press conference on Wednesday Strickland's wife had made a false abuse complaint to the Las Cruces police that she later recanted."I never threatened any of the officers I was unarmed never threatened any of them and I never did any of the things that woman accused me of," said Jonathan Strickland Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

    Police Shot At Man 90 Times -

  3. 01/24/2023

    Excessive Use Of Force Death

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Memphis Police Department announced Friday that five officers were fired. Each one was involved in a traffic stop and the subsequent “excessive force” death of Tyre Nichols, according to the agency. The terminated officers were identified as Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith. They are accused of using unlawful force against Nichols, who reportedly fought and fled from officers after he was stopped for reckless driving on Jan 7, Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

    Excessive Use Of Force Death

  4. 01/20/2023

    Excessive Force Over Cheese

    A Butler Twp. A police sergeant has been placed on leave after a video surfaced of him punching a woman during an arrest at a local Mcdonalds'. The customer's order was wrong, a dispute occurred with a worker and she s given a refund. Management of Mcdonald's calls the police to have the customer cited for trespassing. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

    Excessive Force Over Cheese

  5. 01/20/2023

    Excessive Use Of Force And White Privilege

    When you are white and you do wrong, you can use your white privilege not to get terminated. Tempe, Arizona - A cop was informed by hotel staff that the suspect was a white male wearing a black shirt, but Officer Kerzaya pulled EVERY black person he encountered. He later tazed a black man holding his child and enters his home without probable cause. Rather than being charged with a criminal offense, he gets his license to be a police officer pulled after several other incidents of misuse of his position come up. Mind you this took several years to reach a conclusion that should have been reached earlier Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

    Excessive Use Of Force And White Privilege

  6. 12/26/2022

    Top Use of Police Force Stories of 2022

    Top Use of Police Force Stories of 2022. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

  7. 11/22/2022

    Police Racism In The United Kingdom

    Sayce Holmes-Lewis was assaulted by the Metropolitan Police at age 14, and since then he has been stop-and-searched over 30 times. Holmes-Lewis speaks to Insider about his experiences and the racism within UK policing. He now runs training sessions for police officers to change how they interact with the public. He is the founder and CEO of Nativity, a mentoring organization for young people. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

    Police Racism In The United Kingdom

  8. 05/27/2022

    The Police Screwed Up

    The Police response in the school shooting in Uvalde was a complete cluster f**k Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

    The Police Screwed Up
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Police use of force for blacks is 7 times higher than whites in Minneapolis. About 20 percent of Minneapolis’s population of 430,000 is black. But when the police get physical — with kicks, neck holds, punches, shoves, takedowns, Mace, Tasers or other forms of muscle — nearly 60 percent of the time the person subject to that force are black. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

Information

  • Creator
    Michael Fortune
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    38
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Michael Fortune
  • Show Website
    Police Use of Force