Baltimore officials are set to pay $147,000 to settle an excessive force lawsuit against five police officers. The Board of Estimates, which is controlled by Mayor Catherine Pugh, is set to award the money on Wednesday after a jury found in favor of the two men — Leo Joseph Green and James Green — who … Read more
CLEVELAND, Ohio – A Euclid police officer who was fired after video of a violent traffic stop went viral has been sued by a second man who claims the officer kicked him in the face and shocked him with a Taser during an arrest for possession of less than a gram of marijuana. Michael Amiott’s … Read more
Cellphone video showing a Winnipeg police officer allegedly hitting a 12-year-old boy was a key piece of evidence used to charge the officer with assault. The original raw video, obtained by CBC News, is just over a minute in length and shows two police officers arriving at a city home on Aug. 7 asking to … Read more
EUCLID, Ohio- A suburban Cleveland police department is once again under fire. Just like before, the whole incident is captured on video. The Euclid Police Department is facing another complaint of excessive force against a driver. Thursday, attorneys with Friedman and Gilbert filed an 18-page federal civil rights action against the Euclid Police Department and … Read more
SANTA ANA — On the heels of a scathing report on its use of excessive force, an Orange County police department is facing further criticism following the release of graphic footage showing a suspect’s altercation with officers that would result in the man’s death. Video from body cams released by the Orange County district attorney … Read more
OPA-LOCKA, Fla. – An Opa-locka police officer has been accused of punching a teenage boy, breaking his jaw. Broward County sheriff’s deputies said Lowrie Simon, 37, attacked 17-year-old Kristian Stanley on Sunday because Simon believed that Stanley was having sex with his 13-year-old daughter. Opa-Locka police Chief James Dobson said Lowrie has been placed on … Read more
In Lebanon Junction, Kentucky, a man in the process of moving to Kansas was arrested after a police officer took offence to his words, even after the officer told the man he was “free to go.” The incident, involving officer Hedges, occurred after Avery Williams asked for his badge number. The officer did give it … Read more
NEW YORK – Four years after a violent attack on a Downstate Correctional Facility inmate, two former correction officers were convicted in federal court Monday of the beating, and of falsifying records to cover it up. Former Downstate correction officers Kathy Scott and George Santiago Jr. were convicted in the beating of then-54-year-old Kevin Moore, … Read more
More than six years after Rob Sanders was fired from the Columbia Police Department after shoving an inmate, his lawsuit against the city challenging that decision is ready to go to trial. “It’s been a long time to be” in court, Sanders said Friday. “We’re ready to go to trial at this point.” The veteran … Read more
A Santa Rosa Correctional Institution officer has been charged for allegedly using excessive force and fracturing an inmate’s jaw and then lying to investigators about the incident. Quintavia J. Walker faces one count each of battery on an inmate and submitting inaccurate information on a use of force report, according to a Florida Department of … Read more
The family of a former Gateway High School student filed a federal brutality suit Tuesday after a Killeen officer allegedly body slammed the teen outside of a Killeen school district bus in April 2016. A complaint filed in the U.S. Western District Court in Waco on Tuesday said Killeen police officers Travis Lundt and Stephen … Read more
AUGUSTA, Ga.– A Richmond County Deputy is out of a job and behind bars, accused of physically abusing a 12-year-old. The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says Deputy Alton Walker hit a 12-year old boy with a collapsible metal baton. They also say he hit the boy with his hand in the face and chest, all … Read more