From [HERE] As Denver faces a string of police brutality cases, a federal jury has awarded a historic $4.6 million in damages to the family of a Black homeless preacher killed while he was in the booking area of the Denver jail.
Marvin Booker died after he was grabbed and then piled on by a team of white officers who handcuffed him, put him in a chokehold and tasered him. The coroner ruled his death a homicide, but white prosecutors declined to charge the white deputies involved, and Denver Sheriff Department officials (white people) never disciplined them, saying Booker could have harmed someone and that force was needed to restrain him.
The case highlights a history of misconduct by the police department. [To end racism we must end white power MORE]
In the past three months alone, Denver has either agreed or been ordered to pay nearly $10 million in just three cases involving its jail deputies and police officers.
• In August, the Denver City Council approved a $3.25 millionsettlement payment to former jail inmate Jamal Hunter.
• On Sept. 26, a Denver U.S. District Court jury awarded $1.8 million to a Denver family after four Denver police officers executed a warrantless raid on their home that previously was occupied by drug dealers. The officers arrested Daniel Martinez Jr. and three of his sons, allegedly shoving a 16-year-old boy's head through a window. [MORE]
Identifying with the Victimizer. Doing what he's told by his white masters or does he really have his finger on the nuclear button? Alleged brother Mayor Michael Hancock dissapointed with the $4.6 million verdict. More on Black droids in service of white domination below.