07/10/15 The Philadelphia Police Department announced an internal investigation Wednesday after a cellphone video surfaced of a man being surrounded and repeatedly beaten by a swarm of police officers — as he screamed for his grandmother’s help. The video, which just surfaced this week, shows 22-year-old Tyree Carroll being punched and kicked — and possibly … Read more
July 16, 2015 This is the moment a Colorado cop knocked out a woman’s teeth while she was handcuffed in a hospital. Newly released video shows a Colorado Springs police officer grabbing an 18-year-old girl out of her seat and slamming her face-down into the ground during a November 2013 arrest that resulted in her … Read more
OKLAHOMA CITY – A man who is deaf has been given a $175,000 settlement after claiming Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers used excessive force during an arrest. Pearson was arrested in south Oklahoma City on the night of January 3, 2014. After the arrest came a firestorm of criticism because Pearson is deaf and he was … Read more
Police arresting a 25-year-old man who refused to leave a Brooklyn Target punched the man as they pinned him to the ground, a video posted online shows. As four officers pin the squirming Alando Brissett down on the floor of the Flatlands store, a male and female officer punched him in the back several times, … Read more
21 Jun 2016 A video appearing to show a Chicago police officer stomp on a man’s head as another officer has him pinned on the ground has led to an investigation of the incident, according to the Chicago Police Department. In the cellphone footage recorded by witness Terrance Hobson, an officer can be seen trying … Read more
September 30, 2016 A Lorain, Ohio man has filed a civil suit against his local police department over what he says was an excessively violent arrest in September 2014. Now a local news outlet has obtained police dash cam footage showing officers violently slamming his head into the front windshield of a police vehicle, with … Read more
May 20, 2009 Five police officers in Birmingham, Ala., were fired Tuesday evening for beating an unconscious man as revealed in a video recently obtained by top city officials, according to reporting from the Birmingham News. The video shows police officers violently beating an unconscious suspect after a 22-minute interstate chase. Captured from inside a … Read more
November 20, 2013 If only he had been wearing a helmet, to protect his face from their fists. San Francisco police are accused of police brutality after a bicyclist was filmed with bloody injuries after he was caught riding his bike on the sidewalk. Shocking video shows D’Paris Charles “DJ” Williams, 20, being carried away … Read more
SAN DIEGO – A San Diego man said he was defending himself when he punched a San Diego Police officer in the face twice. It happened February 3rd while police were trying to disperse people away from Chicano Park in Barrio Logan. “I was walking down the street and the cops pulled up to me. … Read more
Massachusetts – A Cambridge Police officer has been arrested and arraigned on a charge of disturbing the peace, also known as disorderly conduct, after an incident at a Revere restaurant July 10. Officer Jonathan Vicente, 25, of Revere, is suspected as being among a group of men who got in an “altercation” with a worker … Read more
HONOLULU – The city is preparing to settle a lawsuit over the controversial arrest of a man from more than five years ago. That’s after two judges suspected the Honolulu Police Department wasn’t forthcoming in what it knew about the case. Cellphone video obtained by Hawaii News Now captured the arrest of Jonah Kaahu on … Read more
Nov 17, 2010 We have learned about a video that the SPD has had in evidence for a while but didn’t use to reprimand its officer until today, which shows a Seattle cop kicking a 17-year-old boy in the groin even though his hands were up and wasn’t a threat to the officers, according to … Read more