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October 10, 2014 HOUSTON – A Houston family claims Houston police used excessive force in shocking a man who they were trying to arrest Thursday night. Ronald Parker, 39, was charged with resisting arrest. Police say he was stunned three times after making threatening moves toward officers. Police were responding to an assault call at … Read more

Aug 24, 2017 DETROIT – Cellphone video of two Detroit police officers roughly subduing and arresting a man they say physically threatened them and failed to obey orders at a gas station is spreading quickly online. Many on social media are criticizing how officers Richard Billingslea and Officer Hakeem J. Patterson handled the situation, based … Read more

For 12 minutes in the back of a police car, Tyrone Hines cries out in pain, pleads for help, says he can’t breathe and asks if he’s going to die. “Please, please, I’m begging you guys,” Hines can be heard saying in an in-car camera video, moments after he was pepper-sprayed while handcuffed. “This hurts, … Read more

August 7, 2014 A St. Petersburg police officer was terminated for using excessive force during a DUI arrest earlier this year and trying to hide video of the arrest from investigators, the police department said Thursday. Officer Kenneth Pienik used unnecessary force and used improper conduct in an arrest that occurred on January 31, police … Read more

Cambridge Police Department has launched an internal investigation after a video has surfaced of 21-year-old Selorm Ohene a Harvard University student who was brutally attacked by police and arrested. The incident took place last Friday when officers tackled and punched Ohene as they were trying to arrest him as he stood naked in the median … Read more

Jun 23, 2016 Wisconsin – A viral video of the forceful arrest of a young black woman Tuesday outside East Towne Mall sparked outrage from Madison’s black community and has local leaders and elected officials calling for a review of whether police officers used excessive force. Genele Laird, 18, was arrested outside the mall after … Read more

4 Jan 2017 Charges have been dropped against a Philadelphia teenager after a viral video showed a police officer pummeling her as she lay on the street. The Internal Affairs Unit is investigating the incident, which took place on Monday at around 2.45pm after police were called to a brawl of around 30 people, involving … Read more

06/21/2016 Chicago – A 22-year-old man on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging a Chicago Police officer used excessive force in arresting him after he called out for help because he’d just been robbed at gunpoint. A Facebook video viewed more than 57,000 times shows the officer punching Robert Foreman four times before … Read more

Nov 9 2015 Videos showing police violently arresting University of Alabama students at an apartment in Tuscaloosa, apparently over a noise complaint, have gone viral on the college’s campus, with many asking whether the use of force was necessary. A four-minute video shows the students telling an officer he is illegally entering their apartment. The … Read more

July 11 2017 The Philadelphia Police Department’s Internal Affairs Unit is investigating an arrest early Monday in which officers apparently struck a handcuffed man’s head against a Kensington street and the side of an above ground pool while a chaotic crowd yelled for them to stop. A video of the incident, posted to Facebook by … Read more

None of the officers involved in last year’s violent arrest, in which one Carteret cop faces criminal charges, switched on their body-worn cameras during a struggle that left a 16-year-old bloodied and bruised. The lack of video from the other officers creates a nearly 2-minute gap in the encounter and violated the New Jersey Attorney … Read more