Via Courthouse News Service. PASADENA, Calif. (CN) — A woman whose lip was torn open at work by a San Diego police dog will go before the full Ninth Circuit after the federal appeals court agreed to rehear her case en banc. The order comes five months after a three-judge panel revived Sara Lowry’s case. … Read more
Andrew Emmett | The Free Thought Project 2016/09/18 Gretna, LA – Caught on video beating a handcuffed man without provocation, a Louisiana cop was recently fired and arrested nearly five months after the incident. According to Gretna Police Chief Arthur Lawson Jr., his department had no knowledge of the needless beating until last month during … Read more
Ryan Kocian | Courthouse News Service AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — A black schoolteacher whose violent arrest for a traffic violation made headlines when police video was released sued the city and the arresting officer this week, and says a second officer made racially charged comments as he drove her to jail. Breaion King sued Austin … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Memphis, TN — Two officers with the Memphis city school district were fired after they were caught on video assaulting a pregnant teen. The officers have since filed a lawsuit, claiming the reason they were fired was because they are white. The incident happened in 2013, when officers … Read more
Brianna Acuesta | True Activist Canadian police were met with a dangerous situation that most American officers would have met with extreme violence and perhaps even death. A mentally ill man was swinging a knife around while on a bus, and police responded immediately to de-escalate the situation. Local police and the department referred to … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Bethel, AK – A former Bethel cop who claimed that he “kindly tried to assist” Alaska Native Wassillie Gregory into his cruiser has pleaded guilty to assault and has been sentenced to jail. Andrew Reid, 40, pleaded guilty by telephone in Bethel District Court to two misdemeanor charges … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project 2016/08/17 Muskogee, OK — An innocent 84-year-old grandmother was attacked by police, pepper sprayed, arrested, and hospitalized last week after officers chased a suspect during a traffic stop. Police were after the victim’s son, who they say refused to stop for a traffic stop and ran into her home instead. When … Read more
Bianca Bruno | Courthouse News Service 2016/08/13 A former Navy SEAL claims in court that Border Patrol agents beat and arrested him as he jogged in a park near the border, then jailed him on bogus allegations that he’d assaulted the agents who beat him. Alton Jones, 57, was with his wife and 6-year-old-son at … Read more
2016/08/13 Memphis, TN — In June, Hannah Cohen, a St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital patient, was attempting to travel back home to Chatanooga with her mother when she was told by TSA she needed additional screening. Only minutes later, Cohen, who is blind in one eye and deaf, would be in handcuffs on the ground with … Read more
via RT 2016/08/13 A short video of two NYPD officers aided by a bystander repeatedly punching a prone black suspect in the head as witnesses plead for them to stop is causing uproar on social media. However, the NYPD says the full story paints the opposite picture. The 27-second clip posted on Instagram by hocus45th … Read more
2016/08/12 Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project Albuquerque, NM — Video of an incident at the Metropolitan Detention Center from September last year has been described as “troubling” by Bernalillo County Commissioner Wayne Johnson, but a more honest assessment would deem what happened to inmate Susie Chavez akin to torture. “Put her in a … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Houston, TX — Earledreka White, 28, feels lucky to be alive after she was attacked by a Metro police officer in March. The reason the officer attacked her was that he allegedly witnessed White crossing a double white line in her car. The incident happened in March as … Read more