BATON ROUGE — A former correctional officer at Louisiana’s maximum-security prison has pleaded guilty to participating in the beating of a handcuffed and shackled inmate. Thirty-year-old John Sanders, of Marksville, was one of four officers charged in the inmate’s alleged beating at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola in January 2014. Federal prosecutors say Sanders repeatedly … Read more
A couple taken to the ground and arrested during a video-recorded encounter with BART police at a San Francisco train station are suing the agency in federal court, alleging that officers violated their civil rights and caused the woman to suffer a miscarriage. In a lawsuit filed Sept. 1 at the U.S. District Court in … Read more
When Jennifer Bartley stopped her car next to the Pratt Street pavilion in the spring of 2014, what she saw stunned her. On the sidewalk of Baltimore’s premier tourist spot 25-year-old Calvin Wilkes was bleeding from the mouth as a police officer pinned him to the ground. “There was no way to describe this other … Read more
Rob Liese says he lost two years of work and racked up $75,000 in medical bills after being brutalized by an officer in an Orlando police holding cell. The incident happened in 2014 and was recorded by surveillance cameras. Officer Peter Delio was seen kneeing a handcuffed Liese in the stomach. The attack did a … Read more
AURORA – A 23-year-old woman is suing three Aurora police officers who she says slammed her to the ground and choked her during a 2015 arrest — an arrest recorded on surveillance cameras. Lawyers for OyZhana Williams filed the civil rights lawsuit in federal court Monday morning accusing the officers of beating her and lying … Read more
Nearly three months later, Tatyana Hargrove still can’t talk about what happened to her on June 18 without tearing up. It had been a sweltering Sunday when, on a bike ride back from shopping for a Father’s Day gift, Hargrove was suddenly stopped by police officers in Bakersfield, Calif. The officers had been looking for … Read more
CHICAGO — On Monday, the Chicago Public Schools announced that a pilot program launched last year in which students are taught about a police torture scandal that has dogged the city and the police department. The episode will now be part of the curriculum for every 8th grader and high school freshman in the nation’s … Read more
Huntington, WV — A disturbing video was uploaded to Facebook this week by a West Virginia law firm showing their client get brutally taken down by a Huntington cop. The hard to watch video is the perfect example of excessive force and has caused quite the outrage online. In the video, a man is being … Read more
A trip to a gas station to buy cigarettes turned into a night of terror for two Detroit men who say they were ambushed by two rogue police officers — including one who allegedly maced and body-slammed one of them “WWE-style.” But while the assault went down, the men claim, one of them caught it … Read more
SAN JOSE — Attorneys for the City of San Jose have reached a $700,000 settlement with a man who filed a federal excessive-force lawsuit against three San Jose police officers who struck him with batons during a 2015 DUI stop. The settlement, which goes before the City Council for approval Tuesday, fulfills a federal jury … Read more
Bibb County Sheriff David Davis has fired one of his deputies after he was arrested for aggravated assault. The sheriff’s office says Deputy Albert Jordan, 51, was off-duty when he saw a man at a gas station buy tobacco without showing his ID. Deputies were called to Citgo, 1681 Rocky Creek Road in reference to … Read more
A deputy with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office resigned after an employee of a Gatlinburg bar was hurt Monday, according to a Gatlinburg Police report. James Schirnglone resigned in lieu of an investigation that the Knox County Sheriff’s Office started Tuesday. A Gatlinburg Police report says Schirnglone was “aggressive” and “belligerent” at the Salty Bear … Read more