It took a Hennepin County jury less than two hours on Monday to find a former Minneapolis police officer guilty of third degree assault for kicking a man in the face while on duty. Christopher Michael Reiter delivered a blow to the head of Mohamed Osman in May 2016, knocking him unconscious and inflicting brain … Read more
Disturbing new video shows an NYPD officer repeatedly punching the head of a teenager who officials said bum-rushed another cop, and put his hands on his neck. The wild scene — now being reviewed by the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau — unfolded in Marble Hill just before 9 a.m. on Friday morning, when the teen, … Read more
WARREN, Ohio – The Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office has released its video that led to the termination of two corrections officers at the Trumbull County Jail. The video of the August ordeal, with also led to the discipline of six other employees, was released on Thursday. The video shows Corrections Officer Matthew Abbott yank inmate … Read more
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The Northside Independent School District has launched an investigation after video of a police officer slamming a student to the ground surfaced this week. In the video, an officer appears to attempt to break up a fight between two students before grabbing one of them, picking them up and dropping one … Read more
The surveillance camera captured the early morning hours of May 30, 2016, as several Minneapolis police officers rushed to an SUV, where Mohamed Osman sat behind the wheel. He got out and knelt on the ground. One of them kicked Osman in the stomach. Then Christopher Reiter followed suit with a boot to Osman’s face. … Read more
A Florida deputy is facing charges after his abuse of a handcuffed suspect was caught on camera inside of a patrol car. Michael O’Connor is the Seminole County sheriff’s deputy and ex-Navy serviceman charged with misdemeanor battery. Supervisors learned about video of him beating the handcuffed suspect, eventually bringing charges. O’Connor was suspended and resigned … Read more
Las Vegas police have released body camera footage after a former officer pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in an excessive force case Thursday. The profanity-laden video appears to show then-Metropolitan Police Department officer Richard Scavone, 50, assaulting a woman near Tropicana Avenue and Interstate 15 early morning Jan. 6, 2015. On Friday evening, Metro released … Read more
2017/09/30 CARTERET – Carteret Police Officer Joseph Reiman, the brother of Mayor Dan Reiman, has been indicted in connection with assaulting and causing injury to a teenager during an arrest earlier this year. A police dash cam video of the May 31, 2017 incident showed the teen repeatedly being hit after he exited his vehicle. … Read more
CROWN POINT. Indiana — A former Lake County sheriff’s police officer was sentenced Thursday to two years in Lake County Community Corrections for his guilty plea earlier this year to battery resulting in serious bodily injury. Jon O. Breitweiser, 41, of Highland, will serve an additional three years probation following his release from the community … Read more
COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. -A Chokoloskee family is accusing Collier County Sheriff Deputies of beating a man to death after he died in their custody. Devan Rewis, 31, was arrested on Sept. 15 after being pulled over for breaking curfew following Hurricane Irma. The sheriff’s office said during the traffic stop, Rewis attempted to run from … Read more
SANTA CLARA — A San Jose woman will receive a $6.7 million settlement from the city of Santa Clara after her leg was broken trying to prevent police officers from entering her home without a warrant to arrest her teenage daughter last year, her attorney and the city announced Wednesday. The settlement resolves a federal … Read more
A Los Angeles Police Department officer was charged with assaulting three men after he allegedly pistol-whipped a man and then pointed his gun at two other men outside an El Segundo restaurant while he was off-duty, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. Joseph William Rooney, 33, has been charged with four counts … Read more