Nick Rummel | Courthouse News Service CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (CN) — A former Long Island police chief who beat up the man he suspected of robbing pornography from his car received a four-year sentence to federal prison Wednesday. James Burke had been the police chief of Suffolk County, New York, in December 2012 when someone … Read more
Monica Pais | Courthouse News Service (CN) – A black Miami Beach man claims in court that he was racially profiled, beat up and falsely arrested by three police officials all because he accidentally turned up the volume of his car radio after being asked to turn it down. As recounted in a complaint filed … Read more
via The Free Thought Project Allentown, PA — Police dashcam footage of a Pennsylvania officer kicking a robbery suspect in the head during an arrest last year has been released as part of a criminal case being taken against the cop and the city of Allentown. Hector Medina-Pena, 33, filed the lawsuit alleging that police … Read more
Disturbing Video Shows a Cop Kneel on Handcuffed Man, As Another Cop Kicks Him in the Face Pomona, CA — An abusive officer was publicly exposed this week after a vigilant citizen recorded him kicking a handcuffed man in the face. The man was no threat, on his stomach, and completely subdued when this federal … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Washington D.C. — A bag of chips and a lollipop were cause for a teen girl to be assaulted and arrested by DC Metro Transit Police this week. The incident was captured on a witness’s cellphone. April Goggans of Black Lives Matter DC posted the video on Youtube … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Sacramento, CA — Not once, not twice, but the taxpayers of Sacramento have been held liable for hundreds of thousands of dollars, three times because of the actions of a single vicious cop. For the third time in only six years, Sacramento taxpayers have once again been robbed … Read more
Cameron Langford | Courthouse News Service HOUSTON (CN) — A new $5 million surveillance system in a Texas county jail produced its first lawsuit this week from an inmate who claims it filmed him being beaten by guards who broke his nose and eye socket. Harris County police pulled over Jerome Bartee, a 28-year-old black … Read more
2016/09/29 Adam Klasfeld | Courthouse News Service MANHATTAN (CN) — Settling a “stunning and unconscionable” case at Rikers Island Prison, a mother reached a $5.75 million deal with New York City over her mentally ill son’s death alone in his cell after he was starved of food, water and medical care for a week. Almost … Read more
Independence, MO – After a video surfaced showing Officer Timothy Runnels tasing a 17-yr-0ld boy continuously until his heart stopped, a judge has sentenced the officer to four years in prison. The video shows Bryce Masters simply asserting his rights after being pulled over by an aggressive police officer. The officer ended up tasing the … Read more
Rebekah Kearn | Courthouse News Service BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (CN) — Police violence against young black men is not confined to the streets, a high school student says in a lawsuit claiming a school police officer Tasered him twice for being late to class after having an anxiety attack. Tyson Reed and his mother, Linda Reed, … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project On Friday, a United Nations expert working group released a scathing report that will be debated at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday. The report noted that police killings of black people in the United States are reminiscent of lynchings and the government must step up to protect them. … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Rochester, NY — A video uploaded to Facebook last week is causing an uproar as it shows multiple Rochester police officers assault and pepper spray innocent bystanders for exercising their first amendment rights. As the video begins, a man inside his car is filming two officers on top … Read more