Tag: resisting arrest
Body Cam Catches Thug Cops Slamming Pregnant Woman To Ground
AFRICANGLOBE - In the police body camera video obtained by the ACLU SoCal, an officer is responding to an apparent traffic dispute between Charlena Michelle Cooks, who is 8-months-pregnant and Black, and an unidentified white woman.
Resisting Arrest Is Not A Crime
AFRICANGLOBE - New York City officers made 12,453 arrests in 2013 that included a charge of resisting arrest. In some cases resisting is the sole charge, the legal equivalent of a virgin birth. More often it’s appended to arrests for other infractions, allowing prosecutors to paint simple acts as prejudicially incriminating.
