Beating

A judge found a retired Prince George’s County police officer not guilty of assault Thursday morning. In February 2012, Officer Donald Taylor and his partner saw two men they thought were about to rob a gas station in Brentwood, Taylor said. When they approached the men, 19-year-old Ryan Dorm struggled with the officers and ran … Read more

4 Oct, 2012 A 23-year-old college student is suing the Los Angeles Police Department after being brutally assaulted by several officers during a violent beat down in 2010. Aibuidefe Oghogho tells Southern California’s CBS2 News that officers with the LAPD hammered his face and body relentlessly with multiple blows from batons and fists during an … Read more

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 The Long Beach Police Department is defending its actions after a viral video posted this week showed officers with batons beating a man whose family later said they would file a lawsuit. In the video, which was uploaded to YouTube on Monday, a man identified as 46-year-old Porfirio Santos-Lopez is seen lying … Read more

A Columbus police officer who was fired after he was caught on cellphone video stomping on a suspect has been reinstated, according to a 27-page arbitration decision issued Monday. Officer Zach Rosen will return to working patrolling zone four, which includes North Linden where the incident happened, said Sgt. Dean Worthington, spokesman for the Columbus … Read more

December 9, 2016 A Bronx man beaten by cops more than four years ago in an attack that was caught on video has successfully sued the city for $614,500 — and now he wants the officers who attacked him fired. Jateik Reed, 24, and his family rallied outside 1 Police Plaza Friday to demand that … Read more

April 20, 2015 DETROIT, MI — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy on Monday charged ex-Inkster Police Officer William Melendez with two felonies for his involvement in the violent Jan. 28 arrest of 57-year-old Floyd Dent. Worthy also dismissed an open felony cocaine possession charge against Dent, stating, It was “in the best interest of justice.” … Read more

July 1, 2015 Newly released video from inside the city’s Juvenile Intake Division shows a veteran New Orleans police officer using what authorities have called “unauthorized force” on a 16-year-old girl. Officer Terrance Saulny was fired from the department last month following a Public Integrity Bureau investigation that concluded he used “unauthorized force” against the … Read more

Two former Georgia police officers were indicted by a grand jury on 10 counts Wednesday, including battery and aggravated assault, WXIA and others reported. The allegations came after cell phone video surfaced of the former Gwinnett County officers, Michael Bongiovanni and Robert McDonald, beating a black man who appeared to be compliant at a traffic … Read more

November 21, 2015 San Francisco – After a 100-plus-mph car chase, deputies from Alameda County said they caught 29-year-old Stanislav Petrov on foot in a narrow alley in San Francisco’s Mission District in the early morning. Surveillance footage from the November 12 incident, posted on the San Francisco Public Defender’s YouTube page, shows Petrov running … Read more

March 30 2016 Florida – A Seminole County Sheriff’s deputy resigned before being charged with battery after he allegedly punched a handcuffed suspect, officials said. The deputy, Michael O’Connor, resigned March 24 after he was caught on video threatening to kill a domestic violence suspect and then punching him in the face while he was … Read more

In 2015, Jessica Mooney sat next to her fiancé at a Fort Lauderdale bus terminal as he filmed Fort Lauderdale Police Officer Victor Ramirez slapping a homeless man in the face. The following year, Ramirez was charged with misdemeanor battery and arrested, and Mooney testified against the cop in court. Just two weeks after she … Read more