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Repository containing evidence of police brutality during the 2020 George Floyd protests - 2020PB/police-brutality

The protests that are roiling nationwide have put police riot tactics on open display. People have been capturing officers beating nonviolent demonstrators, drawing more outrage.

It is an irony not lost on those who have taken to the streets in the past few days that their demonstrations against police brutality have been met with...

Tens of thousands of Nigerians across the country have been protesting for weeks against police brutality. Several people were shot during demonstrations in Lagos Tuesday night.

Tonight across America, protests, riots and mass violence are being unleashed upon American cities by furious people, confronting what they believe to be an inherently racist and oppressive system of law enforcement. The immediate cause of these protests is the death of George Floyd while under police custody, however

They've so far failed to curb police misconduct; it's time to admit that this reform is not enough.

But floor discussion heats up over question of 'structural racism'

Nigeria has been rocked by days of nationwide protests over police brutality, following widespread claims of kidnapping, harassment and extortion by a controversial police unit known as the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

Nell Painter on images of protests and police brutality today and in the late sixties, and the neglected work of African-American artists from that period, such as Emory Douglas and others associated with the Black Panther Party.

Lawmakers examined issues of racism and police brutality during a hearing on Capitol Hill. CBS News' Skyler Henry and Lorenzo Boyd, the assistant provost for diversity and inclusion and director of the Center for Advanced Policing at the University of New Haven, join CBSN's "Red and Blue" to discuss.

Echoing protests in US, thousands take to the streets despite coronavirus-related restrictions.

Smartphone ubiquity and body cameras were supposed to change policing for the better. What went wrong?

The panel looking into police brutality heard from a victim who said he was beaten and tortured.

At least 56 have died in 2 weeks of Nigeria protests

The events of 2020 already had Eddie Hall on edge. Then, the troubles of a nation in turmoil landed on Hall's doorstep in suburban Detroit in September ...

The shocking death of George Floyd is unfortunately not a singular event in the United States. Eric Garner, Michael Br own, Freddie Gray, Amadou Diallo ([ 1 ][1]), and Breonna Taylor ([ 2 ][2]) are just a few examples from a long list of unarmed Black people who have died at the hands of the police. This pattern of violence is deeply rooted in the history of Black-White relations in the United States and the…

Protests resume in D.C. a day after military police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators outside the White House. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it...

So-called "police-brutality bonds" are a transfer of wealth from Main Street to Wall Street.

‪Police brutality in the US happens while restraining the suspect. I am from a country where police brutality means beating the shit out of the suspect until they confess. So the American problem is a design issue. The Handcuffs is a dumb design. It's not ergonomic. People are too wide, too fat and too tall and too big these days to be restrained with handcuffs behind their back. The police departments need help to…