04/28/17 BUDA, TX — It would not be the first time Officer Demerriel Young has been accused of excessive force. Less than a year ago he made headlines when he threw a 73-yr-old veteran to the ground after a verbal dispute. Now he’s in the news again, and the victim is another elderly person. Leonard … Read more
“As a result of the excessive force used on [Shay], he was unable to train for the Olympic Trials, which were 3 ½ weeks after the aforementioned incident,” the complaint says.… According to the complaint, both officers have been the subject of other excessive force complaints by people in Huntington Beach. Nick McCann | Courthouse … Read more
04/26/17 WARNER TOWNSHIP — Larry Sevenski, an 83-year-old man, has been charged with “resisting” after suffering a broken arm. The incident occurred on St Patrick’s Day. Sevenski has owned a local bar for over 50 years, and on that night he was informed that police were parked outside of his business in order to target … Read more
04/26/17 Disturbing video footage has surfaced showing what appears to be an officer holding a gun to an unarmed citizen’s head and threatening to murder him. “Don’t fucking resist,” one officer says to James Yarborough. Moments later a pistol can be seen in the video being held against James’s head. “I will kill you, you … Read more
Nick Cahill | Courthouse News Service SACRAMENTO (CN) – A black Sacramento man who was beaten by police after being stopped for jaywalking said Monday that he was also needlessly placed on suicide watch and assaulted again by jailers. In a federal lawsuit filed Sunday, two weeks after the incident, Nandi Cain claims the arresting … Read more
2017/04/17 Disturbing footage has surfaced wherein a cop can be seen kicking a handcuffed citizen in the head. The footage was posted on Facebook last week and is still going viral. It was published by “Black Lives Matter of Greater Atlanta” and alleges that the man was pulled from his car, threatened with a weapon, … Read more
Matthew Renda | Courthouse News Service SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) – A student filed a federal lawsuit against campus police at California State University, San Jose, claiming officers roughed him up and then yelled at him to “stop bleeding all over” the squad car. Alen Chen was slammed to the ground face first by San … Read more
Berkeley, CA | 04/15/17 Reports of violence today in Berkeley and at other rallies are making the rounds online. Reporters with a local news affiliate in the Bay Area suggested that police were not able to contain all of the chaos. Apparently there was a speaking event scheduled to take place in Berkeley today as … Read more
2017/04/12 DEL PASO HEIGHTS, CA — Disturbing footage has emerged showing a cop choking a citizen. Witnesses at the scene say the man had been jaywalking, and began defending himself against the officer’s aggression. “I never witnessed anything like that. He just kept hitting him and kept hitting him, and I was like ‘oh my … Read more
4/10/2017 | 6:03 PM EST CHICAGO, IL — Surprising footage has surfaced showing police using violent force to remove a passenger from a United Airlines flight. The passenger was not aggressive nor did he appear to do anything that disturbed others. It turns out he was an elderly doctor who has devoted his life to … Read more
Wilson says in the lawsuit that he was walking down a public street in Little Rock in June 2015 “simply minding his own business” when two officers approached him for a supposed welfare check. He claims the officers had no probable cause or suspicion to detain him or check his identity, but that he complied … Read more
2017/03/23 The Springfield Police Department issued a statement which reads in part, “This incident does not depict the actions of the hard-working men and women of the Springfield Police Department.” Jack Burns | The Free Thought Project Springfield, IL — “I’m sorry ma’am. But you know what it is? I’m tired of getting talked … Read more