Beating

For the third time in six years, Sacramento County has paid thousands of dollars to settle a lawsuit against one of its deputies over a beating he allegedly administered with his flashlight. The latest settlement resulted in the payment of $200,000 to John Reyes, who alleged in a federal civil rights lawsuit that Deputy Paul … Read more

14 Oct 2016 A video of two campus security officers wrestling a student to the ground at a California community college surfaced on Twitter this morning. The video begins with a Fullerton Community College campus safety officer telling a student, “If I cannot verify who you are, I’ll just hook you up. I can do … Read more

December 9 2016 Two Chicago police officers have resigned in the face of their firing over the off-duty beating of a restaurant patron on the Northwest Side more than a decade ago. Brian Murphy and Jason Orsa, both 12-year department veterans, stepped down effective Dec. 1, said police spokesman Frank Giancamilli. Their resignations came a … Read more

A former police officer who slapped a man during a traffic stop and pleaded guilty to official misconduct was fined, but the judge declined to sentence him to probation. Shawn R. Glans, a former Saratoga County sheriff’s sergeant, pleaded guilty Tuesday to the misdemeanor as well as harassment, a violation. Town Justice Lester Wormuth rejected … Read more

BERKELEY — There is outrage on Friday night over the arrest of a UC Berkeley employee at a rally on Thursday. Witnesses say campus police used excessive force. They spoke with KRON4 on Friday. According to police, David Cole threw his sign at a car crossing through the intersection where the rally was happening, but … Read more

A Miami Beach police officer will not face any real consequences after he was caught punching a handcuffed woman in the face. The veteran cop of 19 years Phillippe Archer detained model Megan Adamescu in the face. But later, investigators into the incident have decided that he does not need to face any real punishment … Read more

New York City has settled a civil rights lawsuit filed by a man who claimed he was viciously beaten by NYPD officers. Jateik Reed and the city settled the suit stemming from an arrest on Jan. 26, 2012, for $614,500. A spokesman for the city law department said the settlement was in the city’s best … Read more

February 16, 2017 A plainclothes cop trying to bust an 18-year-old in Chelsea aggressively tackled the young man, sending him down three steps and fracturing his skull, a lawsuit charges. The split-second clash captured on surveillance video left Bobby Lopez with a permanent head injury. Doctors performed emergency surgery to relieve pressure on his brain, … Read more

17 Feb 2017 Suspended state Trooper Ryan Luckenbaugh didn’t have to wait long Friday to learn his fate for kicking a handcuffed Harrisburg activist in the face. It took a Dauphin County jury just 45 minutes to convict him of simple assault and official oppression. And Senior Deputy District Attorney Stephen Zawisky said he’ll probably … Read more

The Ohio police officer caught on camera kicking a suspect in the head while he was pinned to the ground has been fired. Video of Columbus Officer Zachary Rosen posted on YouTube shows him kicking Demarko Anderson, who was being held by another cop on April 8. The blow smacked the 22-year-old’s head into the … Read more

Colorado – A Thornton tattoo artist was smoking a cigar behind his shop when a North Metro Drug Task Force sergeant “neck punched” him without provocation during an arrest and then he and another officer choked and pummeled him, a lawsuit says. Denver civil rights attorneys Adam Frank and Faisal Salahuddin filed the excessive force … Read more