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May 03, 2015
Protect bystanders’ videos of police encounters
In the unrelenting stream of videos showing violent police encounters with citizens, none has carried more sheer power to stun the public than the shooting death of Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina. Officer Michael Slager initially said Scott wrestled with him and tried to take his Taser. But the video told a disturbingly different story as it captured Slager firing eight times at a fleeing Scott, hitting him five times in the back. Slager was promptly charged with murder once the bystander video surfaced.R
By Hector Villagra
Apr 13, 2015
Live from #ACLUcon
Today is a huge opportunity for Californians to reach out, directly, to our state's senators and assembly members – and urge them to support the ACLU's legislative priorities, especially on digital privacy, police reform and education equity.
Mar 30, 2015
Are San Bernardino sheriff's deputies Tasering people to death?
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department officers shoot members of the public with Tasers hundreds of times each year, with nearly half of those electric shocks resulting in injuries. And on four separate occasions since 2008, individuals have died after sheriff’s deputies tased them multiple times – even though federal guidelines on Taser use warn that “repeated or multiple applications may increase risk of death.”
By Adrienna Wong
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