Lee Merritt
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At the Costa Maya pier in Mexico, Myron was on a Carnival cruise with his wife for their anniversary when an elderly passenger fell from the pier into the ocean. Before anyone could fully react, he jumped in — no life jacket, no safety net, just instinct and courage to save a stranger’s life. Salute to this king. The world needs more people who move like this when it matters most. 🎥 TT: Amy nelson
Lee Merritt892,653 次观看 • 6 天前
On August 26, 2025, 19-year-old Black autistic college student Victoria Lang was locked out of her dorm in Wichita Falls, Texas and went to a downtown McDonald’s to change her clothes while she waited for housing to be sorted out. A manager called 911, claiming she’d been in the restroom too long and assuming she was homeless. Wichita Falls police officers Daniel Wilson and Douglas Gulley responded; body cam footage shows Wilson choking, dragging, and hogtying Lang as they force her out of the restroom, into the restaurant, and into a patrol car — force the department later labeled “unnecessary and excessive”. Both officers left the Wichita Falls Police Department, with Wilson fired in November 2025 and Gulley resigning afterward. On May 6, 2026, the city finally released five angles of body cam and cruiser video from the arrest, and days later a grand jury indicted former officer Daniel Wilson over his actions in that McDonald’s bathroom. 🎥: Texoma's Homepage
Lee Merritt579,720 次观看 • 24 天前
This mother was traveling through Hurst with her 15-year-old son in the passenger seat when she was pulled over and accused of speeding. She planned to contest the claim in court but still provided her license, as required by law. She declined to take the paper receipt of the citation, protesting what she believed was racial profiling. The officer insisted—tossing the ticket toward her when she refused to take it from his hand. She instinctively tossed the paper out of the window. What happened next is an example of everything that is wrong with American policing. This officer had three clear options: 1.Issue a second citation for littering using the information he already had. 2.Walk away—the citation had already been issued. 3.Instead, he chose to snatch this mother out of her vehicle in front of her child, slam her to the ground, seriously injure her, and take her to jail… where she was ultimately issued a citation and then released to the hospital for treatment of the injuries caused during the arrest.
Lee Merritt1,337,764 次观看 • 2 个月前
Not Guilty. A South Carolina jury just acquitted the store owner Chikei Rick Chow, who chased and fatally shot 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton in the back over the suspected theft of 4 water bottles. This moment takes me back. Back to Natasha Harlan in Los Angeles. Back to Trayvon Martin. These names are not anomalies. They are a pattern. A pattern the courts have repeatedly refused to interrupt. The justice system was designed to serve as a buffer. To keep communities from seeking justice on their own. We are told to trust the process. We are told to let the courts handle it. We comply. We grieve. We organize. We wait. And then the system fails our babies. Again. When courts consistently refuse to hold those who kill our children accountable, they don’t eliminate the human impulse toward justice. They simply force us to confront an uncomfortable question: what are we supposed to do? Humanity has always answered that question eventually. We will continue to fight through every legal avenue available. But we must be honest about what this verdict means and what it demands of all of us. Say his name. Cyrus Carmack-Belton. 🎥: @wltxnews19
Lee Merritt36,004 次观看 • 4 天前
A mom took her children on a simple hotel stay. Instead of rest, she was confronted and treated like a trespasser by a couple who decided she didn’t belong there. She had a right to be on that property. Her children had a right to feel safe seeing their mother respected, not interrogated. This isn’t a “misunderstanding.” This is the everyday reality of racial profiling: ordinary moments with our families turned into scenes of humiliation, fear, and public accusation. We document these incidents because accountability starts with visibility. No one should have to prove they belong in the spaces they have already paid for. 🎥: @chelseadawnrose
Lee Merritt224,177 次观看 • 1 个月前
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Makayla Rene Settles was 18 years old with a dream. She moved to California to live with her biological father and attend college. Two days later, he got her drunk and sexually assaulted her for four hours. She did everything right. She called for help. She went to the hospital that same night. She gave her statement to police. A rape kit was performed and his DNA was found inside of his own daughter. He was arrested that same night. Five months later, Makayla died by suicide. She could not carry the weight of what he did to her. Stephen Vincent Chavez is out on bail. His next court date is April 21st at the Ventura County Courthouse, Courtroom 14 at 8:30 AM. The Ventura County DA has signaled this case may not move forward because Makayla is no longer here to testify. Her statements are on record. The DNA is on record. Her family is demanding justice. Show up for Makayla. Contact the Ventura County DA Eric Nasarenko and demand this case goes to trial. 📍 Ventura County Courthouse 📅 April 21, 2026 | 8:30 AM | Courtroom 14 🎥: FOX 11 Los Angeles
Lee Merritt328,428 次观看 • 1 个月前
A police sergeant claimed a teen pointed a gun at her — then her own bodycam proved she lied. This young man was arrested, jailed, and had his life upended based on a story the evidence does not support. In the end, prosecutors dropped the charge, but only after he had already been dragged through the system and branded a threat. That is not a “misunderstanding.” That is a violation of his rights and a breach of the public trust. Body-worn cameras were introduced to bring transparency and accountability to policing. They only work when we are willing to confront what they show us, even when it exposes misconduct by those in uniform. False statements by law enforcement must be treated with the same gravity as the accusations they level against our communities. When an officer’s words can put a child in a cage, any abuse of that power has to be investigated, documented, and answered with real consequences.
Lee Merritt111,790 次观看 • 19 天前
The military admits they made a “mistake” brutally arresting my client Kareem El—a Black former Marine captain targeted. We don’t accept “mistake” as closure. We demand full accountability, policy changes to prevent this from happening to another innocent person. The Washington Post
Lee Merritt731,980 次观看 • 5 个月前
A gunman walked into an elementary school and spent nearly an hour executing children and teachers while over 300 law enforcement officers, trained, armed, and equipped, stood in a hallway and did nothing. They heard the shots. They heard the screams. They protected themselves. 21 people died. 19 of them were children, 9, 10, and 11 years old, sitting in a 4th grade classroom. The official investigation confirmed what many of us already knew: the police response was a catastrophic failure. Not an anomaly, but a reflection of training that prioritizes officer safety over the lives of the people they’re sworn to protect. So what did Texas do in response? They didn’t fire them. They didn’t reform them. They rewarded them. Texas passed a law mandating a police officer on every school campus and the result has been a 50% increase in police presence in our schools, along with a documented surge in use of force incidents, unlawful arrests, and constitutional violations against students. Against children. The officers who cowered behind walls while kids bled out weren’t punished. They were handed bigger contracts and more authority over our most vulnerable communities. This isn’t protection. This is punishment dressed up as policy. And our children are paying the price. 🎥 The New York Times
Lee Merritt36,641 次观看 • 9 天前
A disabled Army veteran and her amputee husband were pulled over on a dark Georgia highway after a police database claimed they had “no insurance.” The officer refused to review the proof of coverage on her phone or the paper policy in her hand, had their car towed, loaded her non‑ambulatory husband into a wheelchair, and left them on the roadside in the middle of the night. USAA has since confirmed their policy was active the entire time. This wasn’t a lack of insurance — it was a broken system and a lack of basic humanity. As a result of this incident, the city apologized, tossed the ticket, refunded the tow, and says it “counseled” the officer after opening an internal investigation. But we all know how these encounters can end. Too many families never make it home from traffic stops after trying to prove they have the right documents. How many more lives have to be shattered before this system changes? 🎥: wtoc11
Lee Merritt77,520 次观看 • 22 天前
Police claim her car “matched the description” of an armed robbery suspect, yet the vehicle type, race, and gender didn’t match at all—under the Fourth Amendment, you cannot be detained without reasonable suspicion specific to you, and under Terry v. Ohio officers must be able to clearly articulate that suspicion, not hide behind vague, inaccurate descriptions. When stops like this escalate, they often end in deadly force; even when no one is killed, an unlawful seizure and the threat of guns around children can inflict lifelong psychological trauma that still requires accountability, policy change, and legal action. 🎥: @thekathleenbooker (IG)
Lee Merritt194,625 次观看 • 1 个月前
Nathaniel Richardson was unarmed. He was walking back to his vehicle, posing zero threat, when Bowie Police Sergeant Robert Warrington fired a shot at him on a busy Maryland highway. What investigators found in his hand was not a weapon. It was a cellphone. On May 19, 2026, after a bench trial in Prince George’s County, the judge rendered a verdict that this system rarely delivers: guilty on all counts. Attempted second degree murder. First degree assault. Reckless endangerment. Misconduct in office. Sgt. Warrington faces sentencing on September 11, 2026. 🎥 : FOX 5 DC
Lee Merritt48,670 次观看 • 15 天前
Florida correctional officer Mario Grier was captured on home surveillance video in Sanford violently grabbing and slamming his 9‑year‑old stepdaughter onto a car hood in front of other children. In the footage, the child’s aunt, Leondra Chapman, sees what happened and immediately confronted him upon her arrival. Sanford Police say they took a report, interviewed the family, and turned the case over to the State Attorney’s Office, which is now reviewing the video and other evidence to determine possible charges. This man should be arrested immediately, fired from any correctional or law‑enforcement position, and kept away from this 9‑year‑old girl and her siblings.
Lee Merritt304,440 次观看 • 3 个月前
Rudy Ornelas was pulled over in Sacramento in 2018 for tinted windows. His Smith & Wesson was registered and locked in his trunk. He told the officers. He stayed calm. He knew his rights. He asked for a supervisor. In return, a female officer drew her gun and pointed it at his head. He was cited, his legal firearm was temporarily seized, and he was forced to complete a safety class and wait two months to get it back. Every charge was dropped. He didn’t file a lawsuit—he won in criminal court when the charges were thrown out. The officer? No public discipline. Reports say she was later promoted to detective, but SPD never confirmed it because they never had to. The real loss isn’t just what happened to Rudy. It’s a system that rewards escalation instead of punishing it. Compliance doesn’t protect us. Accountability will. 🎥: curtis ornelas
Lee Merritt200,159 次观看 • 2 个月前
White supremacists in Tennessee are training to “fight themselves”—their exact words. They believe modern men are soft & need brutal combat to prepare for the race war they’re building toward. CNN just exposed their 124-acre hidden compound where this is happening. Pay attention.
Lee Merritt389,739 次观看 • 5 个月前
