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Elizabeth Warmerdam | Courthouse News Service Kern County Whacked Hard for Abuses BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (CN) — Kern County agreed to pay more than $4 million to settle two civil rights cases, one in which a father died after officers beat him with batons and another in a sexual battery case. The county’s $3.4 million settlement … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Cross County, AR — In a vulgar abuse of his power, an Arkansas judge stands accused of swapping sex for reduced sentences. His accusations come after investigators discovered thousands of photographs on his computer that depicted nude male defendants. After being ousted as a sexual predator, the judge … Read more
Andrew Emett | The Free Thought Project San Diego, CA – Caught on surveillance video gunning down a mentally ill veteran last year, San Diego Police Officer Neal Browder is under investigation again for accidentally shooting a baby’s crib weeks after returning to duty. Although Browder does not face criminal charges for recklessly firing his … Read more
PRINCE GEORGES, MD — A disturbing report has surfaced involving a police officer who has been indicted for child abuse. Officer Francesco Marlett was indicted by a grand jury of second-degree child abuse. The indictment stems from reports that Officer Marlett knocked a 3-yr-old child unconscious. He knocked out the child after the child “angered him,” … Read more
Erik De La Garza | Courthouse News Service Little Rock Settles With Family of Shooting Victim LITTLE ROCK (CN) — The city of Little Rock will pay about $900,000 to settle claims by the family of a 67-year-old black man shot dead in 2010 by two off-duty police officers who entered his apartment without a … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project 2016/05/08 Odessa, TX — On Thursday morning, an Odessa man and his family were rudely awakened by a dozen militarized DEA and SWAT officers with AR-15s at their front door. Instead of cowering to the men who were clearly not authorized to be there, this man stood his … Read more
2016/05/08 STATEN ISLAND — Evelyn Lugo, a 57-yr-old mother in Staten Island, is devastated after police officers broke into her house without a warrant, beat up her children, and murdered her pet parakeet, according to the lawsuit. Evelyn’s bird, Tito, was a small parakeet that clearly posed no danger to the officers. “It was a … Read more
2016/05/07 Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project A triple amputee was left brutalized and humiliated after a police search on a train platform left him laying on the ground, struggling to re-attach his prosthetics. Social media has erupted in outrage after video of the incident was posted to Facebook this week. The video was first … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Beltsville, MD — On Thursday the town of Beltsville, Maryland was rocked by the tragic shooting of Eulalio Tordil’s estranged wife, Gladys Tordil. Thursday afternoon, Tordil walked up to his wife at High Point High School as she picked up their children and shot her. The incident was captured … Read more
Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project Abilene, TX — A new lawsuit alleges an out-of-control Texas school resource officer ‘roughed up’ a six-year-old student, then twisting the child’s arms behind his back to lift him off the ground and carry him back to class. Officer Barry Bond, the City of Abilene, and the Abilene … Read more
2016/05/06 What you should know about this case: * The boy was just 16 when he was accused of setting the fire. * He said police officers threatened to “evict his family” if he did not confess, and that if he confessed he would not be charged — so he gave a false confession. It … Read more
2016/05/05 David Lee | Courthouse News Service TULSA (CN) — The former Tulsa County sheriff’s deputy convicted of manslaughter for firing his gun instead of his Taser at an unarmed and restrained black man was denied bail Tuesday, and his attorney angrily lashed out at the victim’s “punk” attorney. Tulsa County Judge William Musseman agreed … Read more