The demonstrations quickly became
more about police brutality and the growing authoritarian rule of the Turkish government — than about the destruction of a park.
Show Me Democracy tells the story of seven St. Louis college students who are battling injustice, raising
awareness about police brutality and fighting for real reform in their community and within the local education system.
That was the Kaepernick movement's greatest strength, Cullars - Doty says: The ability to provoke a
dialogue about police brutality that isn't centered on the death of yet another young person color, even if, as she says, «the conversation has been tainted with lies.»
Yet, he is a player who has spoken
vocally about police brutality, been subject to it himself and made huge investments into the community through his foundation — all things that take more time, effort, and energy than a three - sentence statement:
He elbowed de Blasio out of the way after a bomb exploded in a Chelsea dumpster in 2016 and after a man drove his car into pedestrians in Times Square in 2017, but was invisible when the city's police officers literally turned their backs on de Blasio for his
remarks about police brutality.
«I also think that when President Trump was here on Long Island and
joked about police brutality, that is not a subject that you joke about.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani wasn't a fan of Beyoncé's performance at the MTV Video Music Awards last night, taking issue with the pop star's
statement about police brutality in the black community.
The online clashes between some of Sanders's white supporters and black voters came to a head after protesters interrupted the senator's speech at Netroots Nation in July, demanding he speak
candidly about police brutality.
Michael B. Jordan and Lethal Weapon star Danny Glover have joined forces for singer and activist Harry Belafonte's new public safety
video about police brutality.
The A.V. Club's Katie Rife found the film full of «locker - room comebacks» as it «gestures vaguely at an
allegory about police brutality and race, which may have been more impactful in the original script.»
The list includes «Colette,» a historical biopic with Keira Knightley as the famed French novelist; «Monsters and Men,» a
drama about police brutality that features John David Washington (son of Denzel); «Wildlife,» a coming - of - age story that marks the directorial debut of Paul Dano; and «The Catcher Was a Spy,» a historical thriller with Paul Rudd.
Murray Klippenstein, founding principal of Klippensteins Barristers and Solicitors, says, «the facts as set out in the statement of claim do raise some significant questions about certain parts of the
evidence about police brutality, and whether a rib injury allegedly due to police action was in fact that.
It ignores
discussions about police brutality, glosses over anything that happened before the last 10 days, and lands with something that's an insult to the players and people in sports trying to fight for legitimate change in America.
«I think if the debate is really, for them,
about police brutality, they should probably protest the officers on the field that are protecting them instead of the American flag,» she said.
Anderson also submitted his and the show's best and buzziest episode of the season, «Hope,»
about police brutality.