A former Atlanta police officer was sentenced to five years in prison Monday for beating a Walmart customer he wrongfully accused of stealing a tomato and trying to cover it up, Channel 2 Action News reported. Trevor King, 49, of Stockbridge, was convicted in December on federal charges of unreasonable force and falsifying a police … Read more
The video shows police dragging a man from a ute on Henry Crescent, in Seaford, in Melbourne’s south-east, after what a Victoria Police spokesperson said was a “short pursuit”. In the video, the man is being held on the ground by three officers while another officer is seen kicking him once in the face. Police … Read more
A York woman who was seen in a viral video being punched in the face by a police officer while she resisted arrest last summer has filed a federal lawsuit against the City of York. Melissa Penn, 22, of York, is also suing York City Police Officers Galen Detweiler, Bradley Engle and three “John Doe” … Read more
06/03/2013 Police are investigating a YouTube video where a woman outside an Elizabeth, N.J. club appears to grab a police officer, who then punches her in the face. In the cellphone recording, a fight outside Envy Night Club escalates from yelling and cursing to a physical scuffle. The video ends after an officer emerges from … Read more
Ohio – An 18-year old Columbus man who police say drove 90 miles per hour through residential neighborhoods is now facing a charge of fleeing from police. But it’s what happened after his arrest that has an officer on administrative leave. Franklin Township police say the pursuit started May 1st on Harrisburg Pike and Eakin … Read more
An Arizona police officer punched a 15 year girl in the face knocking her down to the ground in Mesa Arizona Friday Dec. 5, 2014. A man and a woman caught the incident on camera from their car at a street corner where the incident occurred. The figures are in the distance, but the video … Read more
March 15, 2017 A police officer in Arizona has been placed on restricted duty after he allegedly punched a pregnant woman in the face while she was being arrested for violating a court order. Rickeda Jobe, 24, was arrested on March 5 by officers from the Gilbert Police Department and a witness caught a portion … Read more
A Tennessee police officer used a Taser on a nurse last week during a wild confrontation in a hospital emergency room. Officers were called Thursday night to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, where staffers said nurse Roger Davis was causing trouble as they cared for his ailing mother in the emergency room, reported WTVC-TV. The hospital’s … Read more
October 7, 2015 SEQUIM, Washington — The city has agreed to pay a settlement of $35,000 to a man punched by a police officer in 2013. The settlement agreed upon Monday prevents a federal lawsuit on behalf of Morgan Weimer, 48, from proceeding to jury trial and does not hold the city liable for the … Read more
Mar 23, 2017 JACKSON, Miss. — Jackson Police Chief Lee Vance is addressing a viral video that shows some of his officers making arrests. The person that recorded the video, Cordarius Thompson, claimed that a female officer hit his mother, Melodee Thompson. The video shows the aftermath of the commotion. In the video you see … Read more
May 13, 2016 FORT WORTH – Relatives of a 19-year-old man accused of assaulting a Fort Worth officer and arrested Thursday say video proves it was the teen who was punched by the officer. The teen’s older brothers, David and Henry Rangel, say they want the officer fired for police brutality and charged with assault. … Read more
Aug 10 2015 Illinois – A veteran Cook County Jail guard who cold-cocked an inmate in an attack caught on video was spared prison Monday by a judge who called it “an act of indiscretion.” Judge Lawrence Flood imposed a sentence of 18 months of probation on Rico Palomino, a law enforcement heavyweight champion boxer … Read more