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Jay-Z Releases Anti-Police Brutality Anthem ‘Spiritual’

Jay-Z released his first new music in three years late Thursday night with the anti-police brutality anthem “Spiritual,” just after the shooting deaths of five police officers in Dallas, Texas Thursday night and the police-involved shooting deaths of two African-American men earlier in the week.

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 20: Jay Z (L) and …

New Light Shed on Ian Murdock Police Brutality Claims

Yesterday, we reported on the untimely death of open source software pioneer Ian Murdock, who died in sensational circumstances after a string of emotionally charged posts on social media in which he threatened suicide and claimed to have been the victim of a vicious incident of police brutality.

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Toomey: ‘No Epidemic of Police Criminality’ in America

Tuesday on the Senate floor, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) addressed the charges against police officers in the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. He said, “There is no epidemic of police criminality in this country.” “It’s true that there are

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20 Bills on Police Now at State Legislature

Now that the Obama administration has subtly encouraged critics of police to vent their fury, California legislators have initiated a flurry of at least 20 proposals–according to a count by the Los Angeles Times–to shackle the police and ensure that they are being zealously scrutinized.

Chief Beck, LAPD (Damain Dovarganes / Associated Press)