Elizabeth Warmerdam | Courthouse News Service Kern County Whacked Hard for Abuses BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (CN) — Kern County agreed to pay more than $4 million to settle two civil rights cases, one in which a father died after officers beat him with batons and another in a sexual battery case. The county’s $3.4 million settlement … Read more
2016/05/08 STATEN ISLAND — Evelyn Lugo, a 57-yr-old mother in Staten Island, is devastated after police officers broke into her house without a warrant, beat up her children, and murdered her pet parakeet, according to the lawsuit. Evelyn’s bird, Tito, was a small parakeet that clearly posed no danger to the officers. “It was a … Read more
2016/05/03 Jack Bouboushian | Courthouse News Service A former prison guard convicted of brutally murdering a prisoner was not coerced into making incriminating statements to the FBI, the 11th Circuit ruled. Michael Smith was a prison guard at Ventress, a state prison in Alabama built for 650 that housed over 1600 prisoners when he … Read more
2016/05/02 Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Chicago, IL — A mother travelling with her two small children in her car tried to pull into her driveway when they crossed paths with two psychotic Chicago cops. The interaction would end with an innocent woman being dragged from her car, her and her children doused … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Jacksonville, FL — Earlier this week, the Free Thought Project reported on the story of Officer Akinyemi Borisade who was caught on surveillance footage beating Mayra Martinez — while she was in handcuffs. The surveillance footage of the incident was brutal, but on Sunday, the department released dashcam footage … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Jacksonville, FL — Mayra Martinez, 31, had a bad first day on the job at the local Scores Bar in Jacksonville. That afternoon, she became intoxicated, quit, and refused to leave, so police were called — this would turn her bad day into a horrifying one. When police … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project 2016/04/26 Atlanta, GA — An innocent Atlanta man spent multiple days handcuffed to a hospital bed with a broken leg and a severed artery after an Atlanta cop falsely accused him of stealing a tomato that he actually bought. Tyrone Carnegay spent then spent three days in jail before … Read more
72-yr-old Elaine Brown, a former Black Panther leader, states that a politician “unleashed a tsunami of criminal, assaultive, violent conduct” upon her. Katherine Proctor | Courthouse News Service OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) – Oakland City Councilwoman Desley Brooks assaulted former Black Panther party leader Elaine Brown at a popular restaurant downtown, Brown claims in Alameda County … Read more
2016/04/19 Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Beaumont, TX — Earlier this month, DeMarcus Brown allegedly made the poor decision to shoplift an item from Walmart. Stealing the property of others is unacceptable, however, the punishment doled out by the cops who caught him was far worse than any petty theft. In an image … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Philadelphia, PA — Last year, two Philly cops were charged with the assault of a man after surveillance footage revealed the officers lied about the incident. In spite of the laundry list of charges that Officers Kevin Robinson and Sean McKnight were facing and video evidence of their crimes, … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project 2016/04/10 Grand Isle, LA — Lindsey Gordon, 24, was laying out, sunbathing on the beach this week when an out of control cop in his police cruiser came barrelling down the sand and ran her over. Gordon, who merely wanted to catch some sun with her friend, is … Read more
Elizabeth Warmerdam | Courthouse News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) – A 78-year-old man who was yanked out of his car by an off-duty policeman from the small town of Anderson, California and then slammed against the policeman’s pickup needs more evidence to show that the town and its police chief condoned the policeman’s actions by … Read more