A western North Carolina police officer who resigned after a body camera video shows him hitting and using a Taser on a man suspected of jaywalking will face preliminary charges of assault, the Buncombe County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. Senior Police Officer Christopher Hickman, 31, was removed from patrol duty a day after the … 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
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
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
October 9, 2014 A video showing an NYPD officer apparently knocking out a Brooklyn teen surfaced on Wednesday — the same day footage of another cop allegedly stealing more than $1,000 from a Brooklyn construction worker went viral. The officer stopped 17-year-old Marcel Hamer on June 4 in Clinton Hill on suspicion of smoking marijuana, … Read more
Surveillance video showing Camden County Police Officer Nicholas Romantino punching a man 12 times in the head sparked outrage when it became public in February. Even the police chief said he was ‘extremely disturbed’ by it. But Romantino and a few other officers apparently had a laugh about the violent arrest of Edward Minguela just … Read more
A former Milwaukee County sergeant was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for punching a suspect in the face several times as the man sat in the back of a squad car with his hands cuffed behind his back. Prosecutors played a video recording of the incident during sentencing in Milwaukee County Circuit Court … Read more