The 38-year-old sheriff’s deputy accused of beating his girlfriend is no longer employed by the county, a spokesman said on the 24th May. Jerome Passariello, of Scranton, has been employed by the county since 2005, he stopped working for the Lackawanna County Sheriff’s Department this week, said Joe D’Arienzo, the county’s communications director. Jerome and … Read more
The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the Taylor Police Department to open an investigation in response to dashcam video of a 2016 arrest it calls “terrifying” and “violent.” The ACLU sent a letter dated May 23 asking the downriver Detroit suburb’s police department to review the stop, retrain officers if necessary, amend policies and … Read more
A video has surfaced on several social media sites showing three or four San Antonio police officers forcibly detaining a 14-year-old girl while her mother screams in the background, attempting to help her. The brief video, made by a bystander, caught the attention of several local activists who are outraged by the officers’ actions, saying … Read more
In the land of the free, if you are in possession of an arbitrary substance deemed illegal by the state, police will claim the legal authority to kidnap, cage, beat, and/or kill you. This scenario plays out like a broken record in towns across America, every minute of every day. Despite police force and violence … Read more
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies are being criticized for the way they treated an elderly woman who refused to leave a reserved seating area in a train station in downtown Los Angeles. The video reports sheriff’s deputies forcibly removed the 76-year-old woman from her seat in Union Station. Her friend, who only wishes to be … Read more
The Chicago Police Department started an investigation into a cellphone video on social media which shows a plainclothes officer repeatedly hitting a black man in the head while he was on the ground. According to NBC Chicago, family members shared the video, which they said was taken around 7:30 p.m. on Monday in the city’s … Read more
The footage is startling at times and shows a pregnant women being hurled to the ground and others being unnecessarily kicked and punched in the head. The footage is a prime example why Dennis Flores started El Grito de Sunset Park Cop Watch, a group that films the police in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Dennis was … Read more
Nathan Stanley III (left) Pittsburgh Police Officer Raymond Toomey (right) The following statement was issued Friday by the Pittsburgh Public Safety Department: “Pittsburgh Police Officer Raymond Toomey has been assigned to the warrant office pending the outcome of investigations into an arrest he made on the South Side. The temporary assignment will prevent Officer Toomey … Read more
Two police officers in Georgia have been fired after videos showed them separately punching a 21-year old man in the face and then kicking him in the head as he lay on the ground in handcuffs during a routine traffic stop. The Gwinnett County Police Department said that a “very disturbing” cellphone video taken by … Read more
05/05/17| ST. PAUL, MN — An officer has been found not guilty after video emerged showing him punch a handcuffed teenager. Officer Michael Soucheray can be heard in the video calling the girl a “f***ing b***h” and was placed on administrative leave when the footage was reviewed. The girl was apparently suicidal and when officers … Read more
05/02/17 CHURCHILL, PA — Disturbing footage has been released showing a Woodland Hills High School student being brutally attacked by an officer. The student does not appear to be fighting back against the officer, who is much bigger. Officer Steve Shaulis can be seen confronting Que Chawn Wade, who is only 14-yrs-old. Wade was seated … Read more
(Credit: Luiz da Luz) GOIAS, BRAZIL — A photo is circulating online showing a protester being hit with so much force by a military police officer that the officer’s baton snapped upon impact. It another painful reminder that police misconduct is a global phenomenon, and is fundamentally a human rights issue. Matthew Ferreira da Silva was participating … Read more