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uponit7771

(90,335 posts)
Sun Feb 13, 2022, 09:04 PM Feb 2022

Federal Judge Refuses to Toss Out Lawsuit against cop who murdered black kid, Family rejoices

https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/02/13/federal-judge-refuses-to-toss-out-lawsuit-from-anton-blacks-estate-after-video-shows-a-throng-of-officers-including-a-bystander-restrain-and-press-their-body-weight-on-teen-before-he-dies-family-r/?fbclid=IwAR1KNoH64hzT6vXfBr3yYM3u_ArbQgLNVvJF5kPZTwINL4TSLTvqkly2ZNk

Cop murders innocent black kid

Someone saw a Black man with a child in a headlock. However, the concerned caller did not know that it was Black and a young family friend who had been out for a trip to a local basketball court.


and

...The footage showed the teenager, who had been diagnosed as bipolar, running from cops and later being tased. It also shows the officers detaining him in front of his home, where he cried out to his mother for help and said “I love you,” before he died.


Thug cops with confederate flags on the helmets killing a young black man who did nothing wrong and typically didn't immediately show BCF.

Can the federal government get involved in these cases?

Thx in advance
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Federal Judge Refuses to Toss Out Lawsuit against cop who murdered black kid, Family rejoices (Original Post) uponit7771 Feb 2022 OP
It's in federal court, so the federal government is involved. Ocelot II Feb 2022 #1
Thx, do the thug cops ever get charged for murdering someone just for running from them ... uponit7771 Feb 2022 #2
What is "bcf"? niyad Feb 2022 #3
body cam footage uponit7771 Feb 2022 #4
Thank you. Acronyms can be very frustrating and unenlightening. niyad Feb 2022 #5

Ocelot II

(115,674 posts)
1. It's in federal court, so the federal government is involved.
Sun Feb 13, 2022, 09:07 PM
Feb 2022

They could also get involved in investigating that police department, as they did vs. Minneapolis' PD and George Floyd. Typically these investigations lead to consent decrees by which the PD agrees to changes in its procedures.

uponit7771

(90,335 posts)
2. Thx, do the thug cops ever get charged for murdering someone just for running from them ...
Sun Feb 13, 2022, 09:09 PM
Feb 2022

... when the kids did nothing wrong?

I mean, at some point these guys pay or a person with 30 different complaints against them keep murdering black people.

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