7 Texas police were fired for the in-custody death of a Black man after his arrest for allegedly possessing a small amount of marijuana.
#MarvinScottIII was 26.
In jail, police pepper sprayed him and put him in restraints and a spit hood. He was pronounced dead hours later.
Today is 30 years since the LAPD beating of #RodneyKing.
4 officers beat him 56 times with batons after a traffic chase as others watched. A nearly all-white jury acquitted them.
Today, the LAPD is:
- 4x more likely to stop Black drivers
- 4.6x more likely to kill Black people