Police brutality

Posted at 19:47 17 Jul

Garner's last words, "I can't breathe", became a rallying cry for police brutality protesters.

Posted at 18:00 16 Jul

Eric Garner's mother: 'Today we can't breathe'

Eric Garner's mother reacts to decision not to bring charges against officer who held her son in chokehold.

Posted at 1:17 4 Jun

A freedom of information application found 19 officers on Avon and Somerset Police have broken the law.

Posted at 22:19 7 May

Sandra Bland: Her phone video of arrest emerges

The 28-year-old died in jail three days after being arrested in 2015 for failing to signal a lane change.

Posted at 14:33 21 Mar

Marielle Franco was a vocal critic of police violence and the military deployment in the favelas.

Posted at 20:59 13 Feb

Willie McCoy's family says the young man was asleep in his car, while police say he reached for a gun.

Posted at 19:21 11 Dec 2018

A widely shared video showed officers trying to pull her baby out of her hands as she lay on the floor.

Posted at 18:55 10 Dec 2018

Police are investigating an incident in which officers grabbed a baby from a mother during her arrest.

Posted at 17:34 10 Dec 2018

A video shows police dragging a woman on the floor while trying to take her child during an arrest.

Posted at 16:43 30 Nov 2018

The officers had allegedly sent texts saying they were looking forward to beating up protesters.

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