Quotes tagged ‘Police Brutality’

“The thing is, how a cop treats their partner is the very definition of police business. What goes on at home is intimately related to how an officer acts on the job, and the factors that lead to domestic abuse — coercion, intimidation, authoritarianism, a sense of entitlement to violence — are often…”

— Isabelle Kohn, melmagazine.com

“They held each other up, tended to wounds from rubber bullets, poured milk in each other’s tear-gassed eyes, and lifted each other onto buildings and barricades, wearing masks for protection against the virus, but also to shield themselves from police surveillance.”

— Bridger Read, The Cut, thecut.com

“We saw on video that the officer engaged in excessive force against Eric Garner, that he used a choke maneuver that is not supposed to be used by NYPD. He did that for seven seconds it was clear what he was doing. Mr. Garner said 11 different times that he couldn`t breathe, and so this officer had p…”

— Julian Castro, msnbc.com

“Let’s speak the truth that too many unarmed black men and women are killed in America. Too many black and brown Americans are locked up. From mass incarceration to cash bail to policing, our criminal justice system needs drastic repair. Let’s speak that truth.”

— Kamala Harris, ktvu.com

“Captain O'Hagan: There was a time when we'd take a guy like you in the back and beat you with a hose. Now you've got your goddamned unions. Farva: Cap'n...you know I'm not a pro-union guy.”

— Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Paul Soter, Steve Lemme, Erik Stolhanske, Farva, Kevin Heffernan, imdb.com

“Capt. McCluskey: I thought I got all you Guinea hoods locked up! What the hell are you doing here? Michael: What happened to the men who were guarding my father, Captain? Capt. McCluskey: I pulled them guys off of here, eh, now get away from this hospital! Michael: I'm not leaving until you put some…”

— Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, Capt. Mark McCluskey, Sterling Hayden, imdb.com

“Cops’ll never hassle a dad buying diapers in the middle of the night.”

— Andrew Kreisberg, Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Phil Klemmer, Leonard Snart / Captain Cold, Wentworth Miller, imdb.com

“A bullet held me captive, gun in my face, your hate misplaced. White skin, light skin, but for me, not the right skin.”

— Njeri Brown, Leann Bowen, Reggie Green, Marque Richardson, imdb.com

“I simply refuse to accept that as a standard of leadership for the highest office in the world. Even if you never understand it, sir, if you never understand it, if you think you're playing to your base, if you're not a unifier, we will continue to stand in the gap, and racism is going to be under o…”

— Sheila Jackson Lee, chron.com

“When we reached Nashville, a number of policemen were lined up on both sides of the hallway down which I had to pass on my way to the captain's office. They tossed me from one to another like a volleyball. By the time I reached the office, the lining of my best coat was torn, and I was considerably…”

— Bayard Rustin, explorepahistory.com

“Whenever the cops gun down an innocent black man…they always say the same things, man. They always say the same thing. It’s like, 'Well, it’s not most cops. It’s just a few bad apples.' It’s just a few bad apples. Bad apple? That’s a lovely name for murderer. It’s like, how’d they get that one? 'Bad…”

— Chris Rock, scrapsfromtheloft.com

“My intention is to light a flame. Because the America I live in in devastated by poverty, social neglect, economic abandonment, police brutality, and mass incarceration.”

— Jessica Goldberg, Samuel, Herbert Point-Du Jour, imdb.com

“Just a reminder last year on Thanksgiving that Natives were being tortured with dogs, illegal scare tactics, being run over by angry white ppl all to protect our water and this year on Thanksgiving they are now cleaning up 200,000 gallon oil spill on a South Dakota reservation.”

— lilnativeboy, twitter.com

“Define terrorism: in Barcelona, 13 dead in an attack by alleged ISIS-inspired group. In the PH, 25 dead overnight in the hands of police.”

— Atom Araullo, twitter.com

“Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.”

— Spiro Agnew, books.google.com

“I’ve got my ass whooped by the police before. But do you know why? Because I was belligerent. I was conducting myself like a n***er, and when I say n***er, I mean I was conducting myself in an ignorant manner. I had no respect for myself, I had no respect for the authority that was talking to me. I…”

— Kevin Gates, gossiponthis.com

“I come here today to talk about how I feel And I feel like that we are treated differently than other people And I don't like how we're treated Just because of our color doesn't mean anything to me”

— Zianna Oliphant, youtube.com

“They murder kids here. Why you think they don't talk about it? They deserted us here.”

— Chance The Rapper, open.spotify.com

“We must peacefully use the power of our voices and the strength of our numbers to demand changes in the judicial system so that brutality doesn't ever go unpunished.”

— Kim Kardashian, kimkardashianwest.com

“Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, Eric Garner, Freddie Gray, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, Sean Bell … and unfortunately so many more. Hashtags are not enough. This must end now.”

— Kim Kardashian, kimkardashianwest.com