Body Camera Footage Shows Detroit Police Mocking, Shoving, Pepper-Spraying Protesters at George Floyd Demonstrations

A 22-minute video compilation released last week shows Facebook group Detroit Will Breathe shows that Detroit police officers encouraged one another to turn off their body cameras. Then shove and pepper spray protesters who were complying with orders after the death of George Floyd’s in 2020. The group posted the collection of police statements, body […]

New York Officer on Leave After Pepper-Spraying Black Mother In Front of Her Child

A Rochester, New York, police officer has been placed on administrative leave after using pepper spray on a Black mother who was suspected of shoplifting in a February incident, the police department said at a Friday press conference. Video footage of the incident recently made public shows that the officer used pepper spray on the […]