But when Griffin and her daughter tried to leave the protest, the crowd pushed them up against the line of police officers, and Officer Chris Marzano rammed Scout with his baton to push her back. Griffin shouted at the officer, “Don’t hit my daughter,” and Marzano allegedly retaliated by grabbing her by the hair, throwing … Read more
Daniel W. Staples | Courthouse News Service BALTIMORE (CN) – A former judge who was forced off the bench in Maryland for ordering the activation of “shock cuffs” on a pro se defendant now faces a civil complaint over the bizarre incident. As recounted in his guilty plea last year to a federal civil rights charge, Robert … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Suffolk County, NY — If there is one thing that will ensure your assault, kidnapping, severe injury, and/or death in New York — it’s cops who think you might be in possession of a plant. A dramatic video from Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School in Suffolk County this … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Tuscon, AZ — Disturbing body camera footage has been released this week showing a Tuscon cop assault an 86-year-old grandma by throwing her to the ground and then pepper spray a 65-year-old woman for trying to help her up. Naturally, police are claiming they feared for their safety and … Read more
2017/02/25 Woodlawn, MD — A deeply disturbing video has emerged and is going viral on social media platforms. It shows what appears to be a 16-yr-old boy being viciously attacked by adult police officers. The boy had been threatened by another student. Instead of fighting the student, he chose not to get involved and went to … Read more
Jack Burns | The Free Thought Project We’ve been warning our readers for years that cops will kidnap, cage, and often kill someone if they suspect they’re in possession of the healing plant known as cannabis. But now, it seems, we have to add losing a portion of one’s skull to the list. Undercover NYPD … Read more
Jay Syrmopoulos | The Free Thought Project Bronx, NY – In an extremely disturbing video, an NYPD officer can be seen traumatizing a pregnant teen by shocking her with a stun gun. The teen was accused of resisting arrest on Friday night after she refused to let officers enter her apartment without a warrant. The … Read more
Brian Grosh | Courthouse News Service 2017/02/08 TOLEDO, Ohio (CN) – Police officers in Lima, Ohio, shocked a black woman in the stomach with a stun gun after she repeatedly told them she was pregnant and then arrested her to cover up the incident, she claims in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday. Brittany Osberry was … Read more
Erik de la Garza | Courthouse News Service Fort Worth police dropped charges against a black mother and her teenage daughters just after the family’s attorney released an officer’s bodycam footage of their controversial December arrests. The 12-minute, 25-second video, released to the Associated Press on Thursday, shows Officer William Martin appearing to kick a … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project St. Paul, MN — On Monday, a St. Paul police officer was charged with misdemeanor assault after he punched a handcuffed child in the face twice while she was getting placed in the back of his squad car. Officer Michael Soucheray II has been placed on administrative duty … Read more
Molly Willms | Courthouse News Service MADISON, Wis. (CN) – Juvenile offenders in Wisconsin claim in court that they are treated “like dogs, in cages” by guards who liberally use pepper spray without cause and are quick to resort to solitary confinement. In a federal class-action lawsuit filed Monday in Madison, the American Civil Liberties … Read more
Lisa Klein | Courthouse News Service CHICAGO (CN) – The Justice Department said in a scathing report released Friday that the Chicago Police Department’s failures in training and accountability are to blame for civil rights violations and the erosion of public trust. The city and the U.S. Department of Justice reached an agreement in principle … Read more