diff --git a/us_atrocities.md b/us_atrocities.md index 2f0cf6f..dc0715f 100644 --- a/us_atrocities.md +++ b/us_atrocities.md @@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ Notes : --- - On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pinned George Floyd with his knee on Floyd's neck [for over 7 minutes](https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/05/26/george-floyd-man-dies-after-being-arrested-by-minneapolis-police-fbi-called-to-investigate/), killing him in a manner reminiscient of Eric Garner. Bystander Darnella Frazier [filmed the encounter](https://www.facebook.com/darnellareallprettymarie/posts/1425401580994277). During that time, Floyd moaned, sobbed, "Oh Mama, oh Mama," begged, "Please, please, I can't breathe, I can't breathe" at least 11 times. Other distressed witnesses joined in with "Bro, you've got him down, at least let him breathe, man," and, "He's not even resisting arrest ... he's human, bro." One of the cops responds, "This is why you don't do drugs, kids." After about four minutes, Floyd lost consciousness. Though a witness charged, "You just really killed that man, bro," Chavin kept his knee on Floyd's unmoving neck for another four minutes. Afterwards, protests erupted in dozens of US cities, [with over 50 cases of police brutality. ](https://nitter.net/i/status/1266751520055459847) Many police posed for US Media-friendly photo ops with protesters, then [immediately tear gassed, shot pepper balls, and cleared them from the area.](https://twitter.com/karaokecomputer/status/1267393445603115008?s=20) Over 11k people have been arrested, and several killed, including a 13 year old. [A massive, documented list of all the cases of police brutality in the wake of these protests, in every US state](https://github.com/2020PB/police-brutality). - On May 11th, 2020, [27 year old EMT Breonna Taylor and her boyfriend were at their apartment in Louisville Kentucky, when police, doing a no-knock-no-announce raid, stormed in and blindly fired more than 20 shots, killing her.](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/black-woman-shot-killed-after-kentucky-police-entered-her-home-n1205651) Her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, returned fire, thinking they were intruders. The police were searching for [two drug suspects who were already in police custody, who lived more than 10 miles away from Taylor's house](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Breonna_Taylor). Kenneth Walker was charged with first degree assault and attempted murder, while the cops were placed on paid leave. Walker's case was brough to a grand jury, but after protests erupted, he was released by the judge, and the district attorney moved to dismiss all charges against him. As of Septemeber 2020, the only charge brought, was against one officer, none of whose bullets killed Breonna Taylor, but for "wanton endangerment", since he fired shots into the walls of other apartments. The [other officers who murdered Breonna Taylor went free, and the nation erupted in protests.](https://www.liberationnews.org/officers-who-murdered-breonna-taylor-not-held-accountable/) +- On February 23rd, 2020, 3 men in a pickup truck shouting racist slurs, [shot and killed Ahmaud Arbery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ahmaud_Arbery), while he was jogging, in Brunswick Georgia. Consecutively, 2 different Brunswick District Attorneys, and other officials connected with the killers advised officers to make no arrests. After a local attorney for a passerby who caught the event on camera, released the video to a local radio station, it then went viral on youtube and twitter, forcing a response by Georgia governor Brian Kemp. While the killers were ultimately convicted, they were not arrested until 74 days after the killing. - During the 2020 coravirus pandemic, it was found that a law that empowered police to arrest those for not social distancing, lead to [80% of those arrested being black and latino](https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/national/nyc-politicians-outraged-after-nypd-reveals-80-of-social-distancing-arrests-have-been-minorities/article_d7c6ff24-d527-50ca-9a52-643957422b32.html). - On October 12th, 2019, yet another police officer went into a home, and [shot and killed the inhabitant, 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson, in Fort Worth, TX.](https://www.fox4news.com/news/woman-fatally-shot-inside-her-home-by-fort-worth-officer) It began with a neighbor who called 911, after seeing a house with the door open - “When I made that non-emergency call, I didn’t say it was a burglary. I didn’t say it was people fighting. I didn’t say anything to make them have a gun. All they needed to do is ring the doorbell,” neighbor James Smith said. The officer has been placed on paid leave. - On Augist 24th, 2019, Minneapolis police arrested black teen Elijah McClain, beat him, held him down, [and injected him with ketamine, killing him.](https://twitter.com/TheSharkPunch/status/1274774156848984064?s=20) [Ketamine injections (forced drugging) are a widespread practice used by police to subdue suspects.](http://archive.is/SJ9B1)