Federal Judge Awards Former Oahu Community Correctional Center Inmate $30K For 2015 Beating

HONOLULU – A federal judge has awarded a former Oahu Community Correctional Center inmate $30,000 for a December 2015 beating by an adult corrections officer. While there have been larger awards for prison beatings, the man’s attorney said the verdict will send a message because it orders the prison guard to pay $25,000 of the … Read more

Video Shows Two Officers Pummeling Man in Hallandale Beach — City Places Them on Leave

Two Hallandale Beach police officers were caught on video repeatedly striking a man with batons as he writhed in pain and they shouted “get on the ground.” Someone can be heard off camera yelling, “He didn’t do anything. Stop f—ing hitting him.” The video surfaced Thursday afternoon on Twitter. The person who posted the video, … Read more

3 North Carolina Officers Indicted in Beating of Raleigh Man, Who Was Also Bitten by K-9

RALEIGH – A Wake County grand jury handed up indictments Tuesday against three law enforcement officers, accusing them of beating and injuring a Raleigh man with flashlights and a police dog. The incident happened April 3 in East Raleigh when Kyron Dwain Hinton, 29, was crossing the street on foot at North Raleigh Boulevard and … Read more

Bodycam Footage Shows Fort Worth Man Pinned to the Ground, Punched by Police Officer

FORT WORTH – Police on Tuesday released bodycam video showing the lengths it took to subdue and handcuff a 35-year-old man Saturday after he took swings at firefighters who were trying to help him. Also released were dashcam video and audio from a 911 call. The release came two days after a 50-second video captured … Read more

WATCH: Surveillance Video of Troubled JSO Officer During Battery Incident Released

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Newly released surveillance video obtained by First Coast News reportedly shows a troubled JSO officer beating a handcuffed teen in the back of his patrol car last year. Officer Timothy James was arrested last June for the incident. He was called for back-up by a JSO patrol sergeant at a gas station … Read more

WATCH: Milwaukee Police Detective Gets 1 Year in Prison For Beating Suspect Chained to Wall

Oct. 13, 2016 A former Milwaukee police detective was sentenced Thursday to a year and a day in federal prison for beating a handcuffed homicide suspect during an interrogation in 2013. The encounter between Rodolfo Gomez, 50, and Deron Love was recorded, but the video, so incriminating at first view, led to Gomez’s acquittal at … Read more