Death in Custody

Tödliche Schüsse

12 Schüsse feuerte der Polizeibeamte auf Matiullah Jabarkhil ab, zwei davon waren tödlich. Der 19-Jährige Afghane, der unweit des Tatorts in einer Unterkunft für Geflüchtete lebte, starb noch vor Ort. Genau zwei Jahre ist dieser Vorfall im hessischen Fulda nun her. Die offenen Fragen aber sind noch lange nicht beantwortet.https://taz.de/Streit-im-Fall-Matiullah-Jabarkhil/!5678022&s=matiullah/

Polizei geht gegen Belltower-Autor*innen vor

12 Schüsse feuerte der Polizeibeamte auf Matiullah Jabarkhil ab, zwei davon waren tödlich. Der 19-Jährige Afghane, der unweit des Tatorts in einer Unterkunft für Geflüchtete lebte, starb noch vor Ort. Genau zwei Jahre ist dieser Vorfall im hessischen Fulda nun her. Die offenen Fragen aber sind noch lange nicht beantwortet.https://www.belltower.news/was-geschah-mit-matiullah-in-fulda-polizei-geht-gegen-belltower-autorinnen-vor-98265/

Botham Jean, Then Atatiana Jefferson: Outrage in Texas as Police Kill Another Black Resident at Home

A white police officer in Fort Worth, Texas, has been arrested and charged with murder, after he shot and killed an African-American woman who was inside her own home. Officer Aaron Dean was responding to a non-emergency call for a wellness check after a neighbor had called the Fort Worth police to report that 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson’s front door was open at around 2:30 in the morning on Saturday. Soon after the officers arrived, Dean, who never identified himself to be a police officer, shouted through Jefferson’s bedroom window to put her hands up, and then immediately opened fire, killing…

A ‘French Black Lives Matter’ campaign against police brutality and racialised violence is calling out for justice

On 19 July 2016, his 24th birthday, Adama Traoré died in police custody in the Persan police station, Paris. His arrest in questionable circumstances, the silence following his death from the French state, and the fact that no police officer has been held accountable for the death, have angered his family and ignited the local community. In response, they created the collective ‘Vérité et Justice Pour Adama’ (Truth and Justice for Adama) led by Assa Traoré, Adama’s sister. The collective’s primary focus is fighting to prove that the three police officers involved in Adama’s arrest caused his death. But their…

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