Andrew Emett | The Free Thought Project Although the number of cops charged with murder or manslaughter sharply spiked last year, not a single officer was convicted for these unjustified deaths. With less cops killed in the line of duty in 2015, the number of people killed by police increased yet again. The accumulated number … Read more
WASHINGTON, DC — As we enter a new year, it is time to reflect on the trail of bloodshed that police left behind in 2015. A grand total of 1,196 Americans were killed by police. It is important to note that this number only includes the reported killings. Most police misconduct goes entirely unreported. For … Read more
2015/12/29 John Vibes | The Free Thought Project San Juan, PR — Police officer Guarionex Candelario held a number of his co-workers hostage this week and killed three of them before he was apprehended and taken into custody. The incident allegedly began with a simple argument at work, but the police department has not revealed any … Read more
Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project A nineteen-year-old engineering student and a 55-year-old mother of five were shot and killed by Chicago police answering an emergency report of a domestic disturbance — but the incident already echoes a spate of impossible-to-justify killings at the hands of Chicago PD. Relatives and friends of the two … Read more
William Grigg | The Free Thought Project Douglas County, GA — Bobby Daniels was a peace officer by trade – a private security guard employed at CNN’s headquarters in Atlanta. When he learned that his emotionally troubled 25-year-old son Bias had suffered a breakdown and was holding a fellow security guard at gunpoint in a … Read more
Cassandra Fairbanks | The Free Thought Project Miami Gardens, FL– The family of Lavall Hall, a 25-year-old mentally ill man killed by Miami Gardens Officer Eddo Trimino, chose to release dashcam footage of the February 15 incident on Wednesday evening. They maintain that it proves excessive force and that Trimino had no reason to leave … Read more
Justin Gardner | The Free Thought Project 2015/12/04 Witnesses say they watched in disbelief as cops killed a man, then planted a gun and drugs ‘within arms reach’ of his lifeless body. Columbus, MS – On the night of October 16, Ricky Ball, 26, was shot and killed by officers of the Columbus Police Department … Read more
A disturbing video has surfaced online and is now going viral. It shows San Francisco police officers literally emptying out their magazines onto a man who was trapped against a wall. Police are claiming that the man “charged” at them, but as the video makes clear he was not posing any direct threat, nor was … Read more
In the early hours of the morning on May 4, 2013 police officers knocked the door of the Super Eight Motel room where Linwood Lambert had been staying. They were responding to an excessive noise complaint at the accommodation. When Lambert responded, they found him acting paranoid and rambling somewhat incoherently about corpses buried in … Read more
It is unlikely that any of the spring breakers enjoying at a beach in Texas expected a decapitated corpse to wash up ashore. However, the discovery of the dead body in March this year near South Padre Island started a chain of investigation, which two days ago led to the arrest of a US Border … Read more
He had moved to the United States when he was 15 years old. He lived in San Diego for 25 years, had US-born children and earned a living there. He had built a life for himself in America. Then one day just like that Anastasio Hernández-Rojas was deported to Mexico. However, all of this is … Read more
John Vibes | The Free Thought Project Laredo, TX — Cesar Cuellar, 25, a rookie cop who had only been an officer for about two months was shot and killed by police after he had reportedly attempted to kill himself. Few details are being released about the case, aside from the fact that police responded … Read more