America

Another Trayvon Martin incident reported in the US

Another Trayvon Martin incident reported in the US

The murder of Trayvon Martin has sparked a copycat shooting in the US, after another black teenager was gunned down by a vigilante. Merritt Landry shot the 14 year old boy in the head for standing near his car. He was subsequently arrested and is being tried on second-degree murder. This comes less than two weeks after the Trayvon Martin[Read More…]

Child hunger on the rise in America

Child hunger on the rise in America

The USA is one of the richest countries on the planet, with more billionaires within their population than almost any other nation in the world. But despite this, child hunger is on the rise, as is poverty. A recent report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation titled “2013 Data Book, State Trends in Child Well-being” has found that child poverty[Read More…]

95 year old pensioner dies after being tasered by police

95 year old pensioner dies after being tasered by police

A 95 year old man has died after US police officers tasered him to death following a confrontation. John Warna, who was living in a retirement home in Park Forest, Illinois died  after police shot him with a stun gun after being called out to intervene in a dispute between the man and staff at the facility. The police alleged[Read More…]

Florida police terrorise family with roadside strip searches and racial slurs

Florida police terrorise family with roadside strip searches and racial slurs

A family in Palm Beach, Florida was planning for a relaxing weekend while visiting relatives, but say they ended up being targeted by deputies in upstate Florida who mistook them for wanted drug dealers. What followed next was the stuff of nightmares. The family claim they were so terrorized by deputies in rural northern Florida they filed a federal lawsuit[Read More…]

Police informant caught on camera planting drugs on business owner

Police informant caught on camera planting drugs on business owner

A shocking video has recently emerged of how a police informant tried to plant drugs in an African-American business store, apparently unaware that his actions were being filmed. Police planting drugs and framing citizens should never occur in a free and democratic society but, unfortunately it does. Rarely is the criminal act and abuse of authority ever caught on camera.[Read More…]