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Police Use of Force

by Michael Fortune

Police use of force for blacks is 7 times higher than whites in Minneapolis. About 20 percent of Minneapolis’s population of 430,000 is black. But when the police get physical — with kicks, neck holds, punches, shoves, takedowns, Mace, Tasers or other forms of muscle — nearly 60 percent of the time the person subject to that force are black. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

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  1. Top Use Of Police Force Episodes 2023

    Top Use Of Police Force Episodes 2023, Police Shoot 90 Times, Excessive Use Of Force, and Ranting Police are our top episodes for 2023. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

  2. Police Shot At Man 90 Times -

    A Las Cruces man who is alleging Las Cruces police officers shot him 90 times while unarmed is suing the police department. Jonathan Strickland and his attorney John Burris announced the federal civil rights lawsuit at a press conference on Wednesday Strickland's wife had made a false abuse...

  3. Excessive Use Of Force Death

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Memphis Police Department announced Friday that five officers were fired. Each one was involved in a traffic stop and the subsequent “excessive force” death of Tyre Nichols, according to the agency. The terminated officers were identified as Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley,...

  4. Excessive Force Over Cheese

    A Butler Twp. A police sergeant has been placed on leave after a video surfaced of him punching a woman during an arrest at a local Mcdonalds'. The customer's order was wrong, a dispute occurred with a worker and she s given a refund. Management of Mcdonald's calls the police to have the customer...

  5. Excessive Use Of Force And White Privilege

    When you are white and you do wrong, you can use your white privilege not to get terminated. Tempe, Arizona - A cop was informed by hotel staff that the suspect was a white male wearing a black shirt, but Officer Kerzaya pulled EVERY black person he encountered. He later tazed a black man holding...

  6. Top Use of Police Force Stories of 2022

    Top Use of Police Force Stories of 2022. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

  7. Police Racism In The United Kingdom

    Sayce Holmes-Lewis was assaulted by the Metropolitan Police at age 14, and since then he has been stop-and-searched over 30 times. Holmes-Lewis speaks to Insider about his experiences and the racism within UK policing. He now runs training sessions for police officers to change how they interact...

  8. The Police Screwed Up

    The Police response in the school shooting in Uvalde was a complete cluster fuck Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

  9. Shot In The Back Of His Head

    The Grand Rapids Police Department released video Wednesday of the fatal police shooting of Patrick Lyoya. He was shot in the back of his head. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

  10. 8 Year Old Killed By Police

    Delaware County's district attorney announced charges against three officers in connection with the death of an 8-year-old girl and the wounding of three others after a football game on August 27, 2021. Become a supporter of this podcast:...

  11. Cop Racially Profile Black Man

    Police profiles a Black Man again. Whats new about that. Its par for the cours Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

  12. Police Kill Bride's Uncle At Wedding

    It was a dream wedding day, until a 911 call came in that a guest was physically assaulting other guests. When cops arrived, they ended up fatally shooting the man, who turned out to be the bride's uncle. Now, the heartbroken newlyweds and other family members are speaking out. It happened when...

  13. False Police Narrative

    In a special report, MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports on how local pressure and a damning video forced the resignation of Rochester’s chief of police and other command staff. Melber puts the police killing of Daniel Prude in the wider context of other police reports that proved to be misleading or…

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  14. The Need For Police Reform

    To be stopped and handcuffed and made to stay on the ground for 2 hours is excessive use of force and authority for the notion that the car, they were driving was stolen because they were black. There was no probable cause for the stop from the get-go, just another illegal stop, and arrest.…

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  15. Cops Racially Profiling

    Two Ohio police officers harass a lawyer on his own property, another officer tased a child, and a third tried to run someone out of their town. The driving force behind all three encounters? Prejudice. Become a supporter of this podcast:...

  16. Failure to Use Nonlethal Force

    The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) is investigating a deadly-officer involved shooting Thursday afternoon on Interstate 65 in South Nashville. The shooting happened around 2 p.m. on I-65 between Harding Place and Old Hickory Boulevard. Metro Nashville Police spokesman Don Aaron said a...

  17. Police Out Of Control

    Situations where the police were out of control and out of line and did not represent what law enforcement should stand for. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

  18. Cop Attacks Wheelchair -Bound Man

    Cop fired for using his taser on a man in a wheelchair and lied on his report indicating that the man was violent. His body wore camera suggested a different story. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

  19. Cops Arrested

    Five Miami Beach police officers will face criminal charges in a rough arrest that took place last week at a South Beach hotel, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle announced Monday Become a supporter of this podcast:...

  20. Capitol Police And The Insurrection

    Officer Harry Dunn describes being "absolutely scared" while watching rioters invade the government building on Jan. 6. This was an attempt to disrupt democracy. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

  21. Capitol Lieutenant Speaks Out About Deadly Police Shooting

    Capitol Police Lieutenant Michael Byrd identifies himself for the first time and shares his perspective on the events of the Capitol attack, where he shot and killed Ashli Babbitt. He shares his personal and professional thoughts about the situation through his lens of what occurred. The shooting...

  22. Police Fired Over Racist Facebook Posts

    There was no mention of people being charged with any hate crimes or any indication that previous complaints or allegations were tied to any actions that were taken by the officers engaged in this activity other than discipline or terminations. Become a supporter of this podcast:...

  23. Ex-Border Agent Speaks Out

    Jenn Budd is a former senior U.S. Border Patrol agent turned migrant rights activist. She spoke to Dena Takruri about what she calls a racist, sexist and corrupt culture inside the agency. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

  24. Shoot Don't Shoot

    Here we have two cases, one bomb threat where the suspect told an officer he had a bomb and the officer saw what he thought was a detonator present and no shots are fired. In a contrast case, a man who happens to be black was asleep at the wheel, with a gun in his waistband and his foot on the...

  25. Deputy Charged In Shooting Unarmed Black Man

    Finally, a law enforcement officer has been charged with shooting an unarmed black man for whom he had some initial contact prior to this shooting. You could clearly hear the dispatcher ask did he have a gun with and his response was no. He was on the phone with the dispatcher when he was shot by...

  26. Cops Gone Bad

    This is a small compilations of stories where cops have gone bad. They stopped the wrong victims for crimes that they did not even commit. Being Black in America is illegal. In some cases the stops were illegal from the beginning to end and in one case the officer admits on video that he should…

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  27. Ranting Police

    Police are still out of control ranting and stopping people without probable cause leading to officers being fired for the lack of professionalism as well as civil rights violations judgements. Despite the George Floyd verdict the beat goes on with the same behavior that citizens are calling for…

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  28. Policing The Police

    Who polices the police. Them seem to be bias when investigating themselves. What good are bodycams when they refuse to release the information to the public for which they serve. Its useless and cast doubt about policing. Become a supporter of this podcast:...

  29. Justified Use Of Police Force

    There are situations where the use of deadly police force is justified. In a recent case in Ohio a teen was attempting to stab another with a knife clearly in her hand making a thrusting movement to stab another is clearly a justifiable use of force. Police are trained to hit the center mass of a...

  30. Got Lying Cops

    It seems there is a pandemic of cops who lie to justify there actions when using excessive force against black Americans. The officer in the George Floyd case says that he followed departmental policy when using force, where in fact he did not. The officer who shot a black man running away in his...

  31. Are Police Gangsters

    Do the police act like gangsters. One has to wonder with the lack of prosecution and accountability that continues in America and all across the world. We will explore the possibilities that police do act like gangs. Become a supporter of this podcast:...

  32. Police Brutality Kills In 9 Minutes and 29 Seconds

    Police use of force for blacks is 7 times higher than whites in Minneapolis. About 20 percent of Minneapolis’s population of 430,000 is black. But when the police get physical — with kicks, neck holds, punches, shoves, takedowns, Mace, Tasers or other forms of force — nearly 60 percent of the…

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  33. Police Beat Police

    Racism exist in the system of Justice in America especially when the victim is black and the offending officers are white with an all white jury deciding the case. This is a case where an uncover black officer of the same police department, gets beaten by white officers of the same department....

  34. Got Police Brutality

    Those who are sworn to protect us are turning into bunch of legal thugs brutalizing those that they are sworn to protect. We need reform today for the sake of civility. After 911 police departments were equipped with military type assets that were intended to fight terrorist but in reality they…

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  35. Racism and Police Brutality

    The use of force amounts to brutality in a number of cases cited in the podcast. Only 3% of police are convicted of killing, in most cases unarmed Black US citizens despite many of the incidents are captured on video. When will justice be equal for people of color in America. Become a supporter…

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  36. Black Men Still Being Killed by Police

    In spite of George Floyd, Michael Brown and others, Black Men, who are clearly unarmed are still be killed by police. Then they wonder why people want to defund or reform police departments around the country. When are Black Men going to start being treated as human beings. When will there be…

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  37. UnJustified Use Of Police Force

    The Killing of George Floyd clearly has not resonated among police departments in the US with just another shooting of an unarmed black man in Kenosha Wisconsin seven times in his back. There is no way in hell the shooting is justified. Following someone with a gun out on them while unarmed, does...

  38. Police Abuse

    Police use of force for blacks is 7 times higher than whites in Minneapolis. About 20 percent of Minneapolis’s population of 430,000 is black. But when the police get physical — with kicks, neck holds, punches, shoves, takedowns, Mace, Tasers or other forms of muscle — nearly 60 percent of the…

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About this show

Police use of force for blacks is 7 times higher than whites in Minneapolis. About 20 percent of Minneapolis’s population of 430,000 is black. But when the police get physical — with kicks, neck holds, punches, shoves, takedowns, Mace, Tasers or other forms of muscle — nearly 60 percent of the time the person subject to that force are black.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

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Frequently asked questions

How many episodes does Police Use of Force have?

Police Use of Force has 38 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on January 6, 2024.

What is Police Use of Force about?

Police use of force for blacks is 7 times higher than whites in Minneapolis. About 20 percent of Minneapolis’s population of 430,000 is black. But when the police get physical — with kicks, neck holds, punches, shoves, takedowns, Mace, Tasers or other forms of muscle — nearly 60 percent of the time...

How often does Police Use of Force release new episodes?

Police Use of Force publishes monthly, based on its 38 episodes since June 2020.

Who hosts Police Use of Force?

Police Use of Force is created and hosted by Michael Fortune.
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