|
|
|
| NEWS > 04 July 2007 |
Other related articles:
Egypt: Investigate Police Use
Egypt should conduct an impartial investigation into the police use of force against protestors in the industrial city of Mahalla al-Kobra, Human Rights Watch said today. Reports suggest police may have used unnecessary lethal and excessive force in responding to widespread, sometimes violent demonstrations on April 6-7, 2008.
Police in riot gear used live ammunition and rubber bullets to suppress the protests against low wages and price hikes for basic goods, according to eyewitnesses interviewed by Human Rights Watch. A 15-year-old bystander was killed, apparently by police, ... Read more
|
 Article sourced from
|
|
Click 2 Houston.com - Houston,
04 July 2007
This article appeared in the above title/site.
To view it in its entirity click this link.
|
Galveston Police Department, T
|
Brutality Allegations Lodged A
GALVESTON, Texas -- Serious assault allegations were lodged against Galveston police officers at a town hall meeting on Tuesday, KPRC Local 2 reported.
Community activist Quannel X said there is a long history of police brutality in the island city. Five cases have been reported in the last six months.
"We want peace," Quannel X said. "Black people don't want to be violent. We are peaceful people."
The New Black Panther Nation and the Galveston County Coalition for Justice held the meeting where alleged victims spoke out.
"I was brutalized by police," said David O'Neal, president of the Galveston Independent School District board.
O'Neal, speaking on his own behalf, said he was victimized three years ago.
"If there are several isolated incidents, then it's no longer an isolated incident," O'Neal said. "But there is definitely a pattern."
The organizers said the city's African-American community needs to take action.
"We are here to say tonight we're tired of you crossing the line," said Tarris Woods with the Galveston County Coalition for Justice. "We are tired of the excuses."
Organizers said five of the most recent alleged victims were beaten, but not booked into jail. They claim the injuries were so bad that the jail refused to accept them men.
"I say to the Galveston Police Department , treat these young brothers like you treat white folks on the seawall."
The Galveston Police Department declined to comment on the allegations.
|
| |
 EiP Comments:
|
|---|
|
| |
* We have no wish to infringe the copyright of any newspaper or periodical. If you feel that we have done so then please contact us with the details and we will remove the article. The articles republished on this site are provided for the purposes of research , private study, criticism , review, and the reporting of current events' We have no wish to infringe the copyright of any newspaper , periodical or other works. If you feel that we have done so then please contact us with the details and where necessary we will remove the work concerned.
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
 |
Ethics in Policing, based in the UK, provide information and advice about the following:
Policing Research | Police News articles | Police Corruption | International Policing | Police Web Sites | Police Forum | Policing Ethics | Police Journals | Police Publications |
|
| |
|
