2 Dec 2015 Denver, CO – A Denver board ordered the Denver Sheriff’s Office to give deputy Thomas Ford his job back Thursday, after he was fired last year for punching an inmate in the face. The city’s Career Service Board order reduces his penalty to a 40-day suspension, and ensures he’ll get back pay … Read more
Mar 20, 2018 The case against Justin Roberts, a former Jackson police officer accused of punching a handcuffed man is dismissed for the second time. Circuit Court Judge Tomie Green dismissed the case Tuesday morning. Judge Green said she didn’t feel her courtroom was the appropriate venue for the hearing seeing that Roberts is no … Read more
12/07/2016 A man has filed an excessive force lawsuit against the off-duty Chicago Police officer who beat him while working security at the River North Portillo’s restaurant in a struggle caught on video, leading authorities to strip the officer of police powers. After the tussle, Khaled Shaar conspired with four responding officers and the manager … Read more
Jan 21, 2014 KANSAS CITY, MO – A former police officer is out of a job after admitting to assault. Dashcam video shows the officer repeatedly hitting a restrained suspect. The former officer is already behind bars for the attack that happened the afternoon of Oct. 5. The dashcam video captured the moment when police … Read more
June 28, 2010 A Manhattan jury on Monday acquitted an NYPD housing cop of all charges after he was caught on tape beating an Iraq war veteran. Officer David London, 45, was cleared of assault charges and filing false police reports. “I’d like to thank God and my family,” the father of three said after … Read more
March 13, 2017 The encounter occurred Friday afternoon when police responded to a 911 call claiming a man was acting “crazy” at a gas station in Vallejo, California, CBS San Francisco reports. However, the officer is seen on video repeatedly punching the suspect with his fists and flashlight while the suspect shouts “I am God, … Read more
June 27th 2012 SEATTLE — Attorneys for the man kicked by a Seattle police detective who threatened to beat the “Mexican piss” out of him say the city has decided to settle a civil rights lawsuit over the incident for $150,000. Martin Monetti, Jr. claimed in the lawsuit that police used excessive, racially motivated force … Read more
8 December 2016 London, UK – Video footage has emerged of four police officers beating a shirtless man in Ruislip. The incident is believed to have taken place in Ruislip, north-west London, earlier this year. The footage, obtained by the Daily Mail, is understood to have started after officers rugby-tackled the man to the ground. … Read more
A black California man was brutally beaten by police officers after a convenience store clerk claimed he had a gun — and the department has opened an internal affairs investigation into the violent arrest. William Colbert stopped at the ampm market last month to buy an iced tea on his way home from a hospital, … Read more
November 14, 2017 BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut -State Rep. Christopher Rosario, D-Bridgeport, has joined community members in urging the city to equip its police cars with dash cameras in light of an incident Friday night where a police officer is seen on video beating a teenager. “We had a meeting with Police Chief Armando Perez and other … Read more
Sep 25, 2014 LOS ANGELES — A woman punched repeatedly by a California Highway Patrol officer on the side of a freeway in an incident caught on video will receive $1.5 million under a settlement reached Wednesday night, and the officer has agreed to resign. CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow confirmed the settlement in an emailed … Read more
September 29, 2014 A jury on Monday awarded more than $562,000 to a man Portland police knocked face-down to the ground and repeatedly pummeled and zapped with a Taser. In doing so, jurors 9-3 gave Jason Matthew Cox every penny he had sought. Jurors found Portland police committed a battery against Cox, who was 37 … Read more