What To Do When You're Stopped By Police - The ACLU & Elon James White
What To Do When You're Stopped By Police - The ACLU & Elon James White
Know Anyone Who Thinks Racial Profiling Is Exaggerated? Watch This, And Tell Me When Your Jaw Drops.
This video clearly demonstrates how racist America is as a country and how far we have to go to become a country that is civilized and actually values equal justice. We must not rest until this goal is achieved. I do not want my great grandchildren to live in a country like we have today. I wish for them to live in a country where differences of race and culture are not ignored but valued as a part of what makes America great.
Students gather in a dining hall at Emory as they protest in support of Palestinians.Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters
The US government has opened an investigation into Emory University’s alleged discrimination against students with Palestinian, Muslim or Arab ancestry since 7 October, the Guardian has exclusively learned.
The US education department notified the Council on American Islamic Relations, Georgia, orCair-GA,and Palestine Legal, a national organization, on Tuesday that it would be investigating claims made in an 18-page complaint filed on 5 April on behalf of students at the university in Atlanta, Georgia, under title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
The complaint is one of at least six title VI claims made in recent weeks regarding discriminatory treatment of Palestinian, Muslim and Arab students on US campuses; others include Columbia, Rutgers, University of Massachusetts-Amherst and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
The students named in Emory’s complaint belong to the school’s chapter ofStudents for Justice in Palestine (SJP),a group that has seen its share of controversy on campuses in recent months. Brandeis and Columbia suspended SJP chapters in December, after thenational groupcalled events of 7 October “a historic win for the Palestinian resistance”.PEN America, a freedom of expression group, called such language “deeply objectionable, and even incendiary … [but] typically protected by the first amendment and by many university policies”.
NAACP calls for federal investigation into death of handcuffed Ohio man who told police 'I can't breathe'
"Without federal intervention, the police officers may not be held accountable for their actions," NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said in a letter to the Justice Department.
In a letter first shared with NBC News and addressed to Kristen Clarke, the assistant attorney general for civil rights at the Justice Department, the NAACP said it was “deeply troubled by this horrific tragedy.”
“Without federal intervention, the police officers may not be held accountable for their actions,” NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said in the letter. “We seek justice and accountability.”
The Canton Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Aryele Bradford, a Justice Department spokesperson, confirmed receipt of the letter but declined to comment further.
A spokesperson for BCI, which has been asked to conduct an independent criminal investigation, did not comment on the NAACP’s letter, but said in a statement that the agency’s “investigations are not administrative and do not address any potential policy or procedural violations.”
In a nearly 36-minute body camera video of the April 18 encounter released last week by the police department, officers are seen apprehending Tyson at an AMVETS lodge. Officers had responded to a single-car crash nearby. When they entered the bar, officers were asked to remove Tyson, who refused to leave. He repeatedly said “They are trying to kill me” and “Call the sheriff.”
Police have said Beau Schoenegge and Camden Burch are the “two primary officers” who responded to the call. Both joined the department in 2022 and have been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation under department policy.
Officers wrestled Tyson to the ground and handcuffed him. One of them is seen placing a knee on Tyson’s upper body for about 30 seconds, according to the video.
Tyson can be heard saying, “I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe. You're on my neck.”
After the officer removes his knee, Tyson again says he can’t breathe, to which someone responds: “You’re fine. Shut the f--- up.”
The video shows Tyson lying motionless on the floor, face down for about six minutes, while at least one officer talks with bar patrons.
At one point the officer jokes: “I’ve always wanted to be in a bar fight. I don’t know if this counts.”
When the officers check on Tyson, he appears to be unresponsive. An officer checks him for a pulse, and officers later perform chest compressions on an unresponsive Tyson.
Canton police said in a news release that CPR and several doses of Narcan were administered before medics arrived and that Tyson was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:18 p.m. The police department contacted the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation to conduct an independent investigation, which thebureau has said is still pending.
The NAACP said the officers showed a “callous disregard” to Tyson’s pleas, which “underscores the need for an urgent investigation.”
“Frank Tyson should be alive today,” Johnson said in a statement Wednesday. “Nearly 4 years after the tragic death of George Floyd, we are forced to bear witness to yet another unarmed Black man cry out for air at the hands of law enforcement.”
Bobby DiCello, one of the attorneys for Tyson’s family, told NBC News his loved ones are “very mindful of the importance of this case” and the memories it may evoke of Floyd’s killing. DiCello said Canton police disregarded Tyson’s humanity.
“It is outrageous that in 2024 an officer put their knee on anyone and that when he last spoke and said, ‘I can’t breathe,’ the last words he may have heard were, ‘You’re fine, eff you,’” DiCello said. “He may not have been able to discern that. That’s where the Canton officers said the quiet part of George Floyd’s death out loud. They’re saying the quiet part out loud. You can do it by your actions or you could tell it to their face.”
Live Updates: Police Clear U.C.L.A. Encampment and Arrest Protesters
Officers in riot gear moved in before dawn to dismantle a pro-Palestinian protest camp, as authorities across the U.S. take tougher action against campus demonstrations.
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Police officers in riot gear moved in before dawn Thursday and cleared out a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, detaining dozens of demonstrators, as authorities across the United States step up efforts to dismantle the protests that have gripped campuses nationwide.
Officers tore through barricades, pulled up tents and corralled protesters at U.C.L.A., leading some away with their wrists zip-tied. The California Highway Patrol confirmed thatmultiple people had been arrested. After about two hours, the police had largely cleared the encampment, which was littered with mounds of shattered wood, collapsed tents and destroyed furniture.
Police officers face off with pro-Palestinian protesters on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, early Thursday.Etienne Laurent/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
As protesters chanted and sprayed fire extinguishers at them, police officers moved in on the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the early hours of Thursday, tearing down its barricades,arresting dozens of people and clearing out the tents that had dominated the center of campus for days.
The chaotic scenes were part of a tense, hourslong back-and-forth between protesters and police that had been building after violent clashes a day earlier — involving counterprotesters who attacked the encampment — prompted administrators tocall in law enforcement.
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By Leanne Abraham, Bora Erden, Lazaro Gamio, Helmuth Rosales, Julie Walton Shaver and Anjali Singhvi
May 2, 2024, 10:34 a.m. ET
The president of Dartmouth College in New Hampshire said that 90 people had been removed from a protest encampment Wednesday night, including many unaffiliated with the university. In a statement, the president, Sian Leah Beilock, acknowledged protests as an important form of speech, but said that opinions can “never be used to justify taking over Dartmouth’s shared spaces.”
May 2, 2024, 10:15 a.m. ET
At least 132 demonstrators were arrested overnight at the University of California, Los Angeles, according to Officer Erik Larsen of the California Highway Patrol. Those arrested would be handed over to the university’s police department, he said.
May 2, 2024, 10:20 a.m. ET
Larsen said that C.H.P., which is responsible for the safekeeping of state property, had been called in because of the number of demonstrators. “The C.H.P., being a state agency, responded to a university which is state-owned and run in order to assist,” he said.
May 2, 2024, 10:11 a.m. ET
At Portland State University in Oregon, police have started encircling the campus library, whichdemonstrators seized and fortified in recent daysto prepare for a standoff. Officers have closed several blocks surrounding the building and are using a loudspeaker to call for those inside the library to leave.
May 2, 2024, 10:36 a.m. ET
The university has closed its campus for the day as police begin an effort to remove demonstrators from the campus library. One activist said officers have breached the building.
May 2, 2024, 9:26 a.m. ET
The New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University in New Jersey said on social media that it had postponed exams and other academic activities that had been scheduled for Thursday morning because of an “anticipated escalation of protest activities.”
May 2, 2024, 8:59 a.m. ET
The encampment where the standoff at U.C.L.A. took place is in the northern part of the campus, between Royce Hall to the north and Powell Library to the south.
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The police appear to have cleared the encampment of protesters and detained dozens of people. A group of about 100 demonstrators remain in the area, chanting, “We will rebound.” The encampment is littered with mounds of shattered wood, collapsed tents and destroyed furniture.
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May 2, 2024, 8:17 a.m. ET
Police have given another dispersal warning, telling people to leave or face arrest. A group of about 40 protesters have linked arms in the middle of the encampment and refused to leave. Others are trying to refortify it with metal barricades, wooden pallets and traffic cones.
May 2, 2024, 7:57 a.m. ET
A California Highway Patrol officer just shot something toward the protesters, but it was unclear what was in the canister he fired. Protesters shouted, “Don’t shoot!” and “We’re just students!”
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May 2, 2024, 7:58 a.m. ET
A C.H.P. spokesman couldn’t confirm what was being used, but said that officers had a variety of “nonlethal” tools at their disposal, including flash-bang devices that emit loud noises or flashes used to get people’s attention.
May 2, 2024, 7:23 a.m. ET
An hour after police moved in, the main barricade that protected the encampment is mostly gone. In its place is a line of people who are linking arms and chanting, “Don’t attack students!” and “Where were you yesterday?” — a reference toan attack on the campby around 200 counterprotesters on Tuesday night.
California Highway Patrol officers arrested multiple protesters at U.C.L.A. Thursday morning, said Erik Larsen, a highway patrol officer, without specifying how many.
May 2, 2024, 6:46 a.m. ET
Bangs are echoing in the sky, and officers have begun detaining some protesters and leading them away. Inside the encampment, some protesters sprayed police with what appeared to be fire extinguishers and chanted, “We’re not scared.”
May 2, 2024, 6:22 a.m. ET
Police are now tearing through barricades on one side of the encampment outside Royce Hall at U.C.L.A. Officers are pulling apart plywood and other materials that protesters had used to build a wall around them. The other side of the encampment appears to be holding for now.
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May 2, 2024, 6:04 a.m. ET
Police officers tried again to enter the staircase leading into the U.C.L.A. encampment, but protesters blocked them with wooden pallets and homemade shields. Hundreds of protesters surrounded the officers for several minutes before some officers appeared to pull back. Protesters chanted: “Cops go home!”
May 2, 2024, 4:59 a.m. ET
"Protesters opened umbrellas and began taking photos and flashing lights at the police officers, who slowly backed out of the encampment.
The people united will never be defeated.
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May 2, 2024, 4:49 a.m. ET
Officers went into the encampment using a staircase that protesters had been using to enter and exit. A loud bang was heard as they entered. Officers set up a line and protesters quickly surrounded them, taking video, linking arms and chanting, “Free, free Palestine.” So far, police and protesters have not engaged with each other.
May 2, 2024, 4:33 a.m. ET
More than six hours after police at the University of California, Los Angeles, first issued an order for protesters to leave the encampment or face arrest, the police are moving in.
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May 2, 2024, 1:59 a.m. ET
At Dartmouth College, 90 protesters were arrested for offenses including criminal trespass and resisting arrest, Hanover Police Department said in a statement early Thursday.
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Demonstrators gathered last week at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times
A deal struck by Northwestern University officials and pro-Palestinian demonstrators brought an end to a protest encampment on campus but drew harsh criticism from Jewish leaders and students on Wednesday.
The agreement, announced this week, included a promise by the university to be more transparent about its financial holdings. In turn, demonstrators removed the tent camp they built last week at Deering Meadow, a stretch of lawn on campus.
Student protesters bang on the windows of the Lowenstein Center at Fordham University in Manhattan, in anticipation of being cleared out by New York police officers.Bing Guan for The New York Times
Police officers in riot gear arrested pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Fordham University’s Manhattan campus on Wednesday evening, the third university in New York City to face mass arrests in the past 24 hours.
The officers, wearing helmets and carrying batons, entered the Leon Lowenstein Center, where earlier on Wednesday protesters had erected a modest encampment inside. The protesters who were arrested did not appear to resist, and they stood facing a large crowd of demonstrators while the officers put their hands into zip ties behind their backs.
A man wearing an Israeli flag took down a Palestinian flag from a flagpole at Columbia University on April 26.Mike Segar/Reuters
As students continue to protest Israel’s assault on Gaza, the flagpoles at universities have become the latest point of conflict.
The violence erupted late Tuesday night, not long after university administrators declared the encampment illegal and threatened to suspend or expel student demonstrators.Mark Abramson for The New York Times
It was an example of a tolerant campus, where a burgeoning pro-Palestinian encampment might be left alone even as student protesters were arrested across the nation. Free speech would be supported as long as things remained peaceful, officials said last week."
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