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August 15, 2014

California: Unarmed Black Father Dies After Tasing by Deputies 
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The death of Michael Brown has coincided with other police killings of
unarmed African-American men. On Tuesday in California, a father of five
died in custody after sheriff's deputies repeatedly hit him with a
Taser. San Bernardino County sheriffs say they stopped Dante Parker
while he was riding his bicycle, after a resident reported seeing a man
flee on a bike following a burglary attempt. Just one week earlier,
police fatally shot 22-year-old John Crawford inside a Wal-Mart in
Beavercreek, Ohio. Witnesses said Crawford was holding a toy gun on sale
at the store and was shot after failing to put it down. Human Rights
Watch says the killings of John Crawford, Michael Brown and Eric Garner,
who was placed in an illegal chokehold by New York City police, "raise
serious human rights concerns."

 

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