CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA – The family of a Cherokee County teen has hired an attorney and is filing a formal complaint after they say two Cherokee County Sheriff’s deputies used excessive force arresting him. Part of the incident was caught on cell phone video by a witness and given to CBS46. “When the video first … Read more
Rashaun A. Barnes, 39, was standing on the sidewalk in front of a corner store in Grand Prairie, Texas, on the afternoon of July 31, when he was allegedly assaulted and left permanently disfigured by a police officer. According to Barnes, even though the officer allegedly detained him without cause, he still complied by sitting … Read more
DENVER – A sheriff’s officer in Denver was charged Friday for an alleged assault of a Denver city jail inmate. Sheriff’s Department Sergeant Randolph Romero, 50, is charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor. “On March 18, 2017, Romero allegedly physically took an inmate down to the ground without evident cause inside an elevator at the … Read more
KENSINGTON – Authorities say a Philadelphia police officer has been suspended following a violent arrest back in July. A video shows Philadelphia Police Officer James Yeager in full uniform body slamming a 21-year-old man to the ground after he was handcuffed as he resisted arrest on the 200 block of East Elkhart in Kensington. Sources … Read more
LANCASTER, Texas – A DART police officer was arrested after Lancaster police say he assaulted a man at an apartment pool and then chased the man and his friends down in his car. A video taken by Jercorein Madkins’ friend shows the 18-year-old being held in a chokehold by off-duty DART Police Officer Elbert Corker. … Read more
In a press conference on Wednesday, Kern County District Attorney Lisa Green announced she is dropping all charges brought against Tatyana Hargrove, who was arrested in a case of mistaken identity on June 18. Mic previously reported that Hargrove was beaten, bitten by a K9 police and arrested by Bakersfield, California, police officers after they … Read more
THE BRONX, NY — A local 31-year-old woman says she suffered a miscarriage while in NYPD custody earlier this year after being pepper-sprayed and shoved against a wall by a pack of police officers in the Bronx. Norma Reyes — along with Julius Segars, the father of her unborn child, and his 16-year-old cousin Kurt … Read more
A DeKalb County police officer who is on restricted duty pending the outcome of a use of force investigation had more than a dozen previous incidents. Officer P.J. Larscheid has been with DeKalb police more than five years and in that time he used force 14 times, including euthanizing a deer with a firearm in … Read more
Three police officers have been removed from usual duties after concerns over the use of force in a video circulating on social media. The footage shows an officer using a baton after a row breaks out between a man and plain-clothed policemen in Upper Sutton Street, Aston, Birmingham. West Midlands Police said after an initial … Read more
DUCHESNE, Utah — A Duchesne County family is suing the sheriff’s department after an encounter with their 13-year-old son with autism. It was back in April that the 13-year-old boy, who we’re not identifying for privacy reasons, took his hamster out for a walk in his neighborhood, something he does pretty regularly. Someone called 911 … Read more
>center> DURHAM — Police engaged in a “cover up” when they failed to report the beating of a Whitby teen by an off-duty cop to the province’s police oversight agency, a lawyer has charged. Julian Falconer said the Special Investigations Unit, which examines incidents of injury or death involving police, should have been notified immediately … Read more
Two Shelton Police officers may face charges of assault after they pepper sprayed and repeatedly struck a homeless man asleep outside of St. David of Wales Church in Shelton. The recommendation comes from the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, which completed an external investigation in early July into the May 25 incident. The officers had been … Read more