Ahead of this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a new documentary on police brutality will stream to Peacock. Produced by Public Enemy frontman Chuck D, Use of Force: The Policing of Black America premieres on the streaming service on Friday.

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Use of Force: The Policing of Black America will examine how Black men, women and people of color have been drastically and disproportionately subjected to and affected by police brutality. Chuck D also narrates the film, highlighting how the names of Black victims of violence from law enforcement flood the headlines, news feeds, and social media.

The deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Philando Castile, Sean Bell, and many others are covered here, as many are interviewed, and the circumstances of these cases are examined. In addition, the film will also discuss the protest movements, particularly Black Lives Matter, that have arisen from these incidents.Demonstrators march away from the Lincoln Memorial while protesting against police brutality and racism on June 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

As seen in the trailer, viewers will be reacquainted with the brutal footage of viral videos that captured the killings of Floyd, Castile, Walter Scott, and others, while also seeing footage and imagery of protests from the civil rights movement of the 1960s and Black Lives Matter protests for Floyd and Michael Brown in Ferguson, MS.

“Black communities have a deep-rooted fear of being treated unfairly by police,” Chuck D narrates. “Today’s political environment has carried on the tradition of protecting those who have been accused of excessive force.”

Source: Chuck D produced ‘Use of Force’ documentary examines police brutality and reform

Hawk Newsome, co-founder of Black Lives Matter (BLM) of Greater New York, had a heated exchange with New York Mayor-elect Eric Adams during a public meeting over the mayor’s stance on the police unit, which has been involved in the high profile killings of Black men.

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Adams said he would reform the units that are meant to reduce gun violence, implementing body-worn camera requirements and other accountability measures. Newsome accused Adams of betraying the BLM movement and sending the wrong message to cops.

Newsome said he would not let the mayor reinstate the units without a fight. The units that have been connected to the deaths of Eric Garner, Sean Bell and Amadou Diallo were dismantled after years of agitation by activists and litigation in the courts.

“If he thinks that they’re going to go back to the old ways of policing, then we are going to take to the streets again,” Newsome said during a meeting at the Brooklyn Borough Hall.

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