Rania Khalek Dispatches from the Underclass

Tag / Police brutality

Since the manhunt for former police officer turned cop-killer Chris Dorner started, the establishment media has expressed shock and confusion at the level of animosity directed at the Los Angeles Police Department. Some have even equated this animosity with support for Dorner’s killing spree. In a piece titled “Fugitive’s Rant Puts Focus on Evolving LAPD […]

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Chris Dorner, the 33-year-old former police officer who has embarked on a shooting rampage, was fired from the LAPD in 2008 for making false statements about his training officer, Sgt. Teresa Evans. Dorner reported to his superiors that Evans kicked a schizophrenic suspect with severe dementia in the face after he had already been tasered and […]

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Here is everything you need to know on day two of the multi-state and now multi-nation search for 33-year-old Chris Dorner, the LAPD’s ex-cop turned cop killer.

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Last month I wrote about two Los Angeles police officers who are under investigation for using the threat of jail to force women to have sex with them. Despite several accusations of sexual assault by at least four different women over the course of two years, the LAPD chose to ignore it. And what happens […]

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There are some excellent articles I’ve come across this weekend about police misconduct. I haven’t had time to post about each individually so I’ve highlighted what I believe are must-read stories. 

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In July of last year, Oakland police officers pointed their guns at a sleeping 3-year-old while delivering a search warrant for a misdemeanor probe. The incident was brought to light in a quarterly report by Robert Warshaw, Independent Monitor for the Oakland Police Department.

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“How am I supposed to explain to my daughters that their father was murdered by the police, the people who they are supposed to go to for protection,” asked Rosanna de la Trinidad three days after her husband was three days after her husband was killed. Jose de la Trinidad, 36, left behind a wife and two daughters, […]

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Gun violence is rarely discussed except for when a horrific mass shooting takes place. Still, even with the nation’s eyes focused on this particular issue, there is one kind of gun violence that is continually ignored: Police killings of unarmed citizens. In my experience, liberal gun control advocates are the most silent on this issue. […]

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Warning: Stealing from Walmart can get you killed. Last week, an off-duty Houston police officer shot and killed Sherry Frey, a 27-year-old black mother of two, for suspected shoplifting at a North Houston Walmart. According to police, it all started when Deputy Louis Campbell, who worked an extra job as a Walmart security guard, was […]

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Last week, 13 Cleveland police officers fired 137 bullets at an unarmed black couple following a high-speed car chase.  The bodies of Timothy Russell, 43, and Malissa Williams, 30, were riddled with two dozen bullet holes each and their families are demanding answers. The officers involved have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation led by none other […]

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