Beating

5/6/2015 The San Jose Police Department is defending its actions during the beating of a suspect who was being arrested, an event captured on video by a bystander’s mobile phone and uploaded to social media, where it went viral. The suspect, 22-year-old Juan Moreno-Lopez, got into a scuffle with police over the weekend after police … Read more

Cyprus – Two police officers found guilty last year of beating a man being held in a Polis Chrysochous holding cell were forced to leave the police force, it was announced on Tuesday. The two officers, Panayiotis Eracleous and Carlo Dekermendjian, who were sentenced to a year in prison after they were seen beating up … Read more

January 30, 2016 Marion County, FL — In August of 2014, multiple deputies with the Marion County Sheriff’s office conducted a drug bust. During the bust, Derrick Price ran from deputies Jesse Terrell, Trevor Fitzgerald, James Amideo, Cody Hoppel and Adam Crawford. However, once he realized he could not outrun the pickup truck, he quickly … Read more

An MBTA surveillance video released by the Law Offices of Howard Friedman shows that the MBTA Transit Police Department covered up a beating last May. The video shows MBTA police detective Sean Conway grab Anthony Ferrier from the edge of the Red Line track at Park Street Station after the intoxicated man seemingly tried to … Read more

A prominent Philadelphia lawyer who was arrested during a courthouse scuffle with sheriff’s deputies in August has sued six of the officers, saying they unnecessarily gang-tackled him and used excessive force to restrain and arrest him, leaving him with a separated and fractured shoulder. Clifford E. Haines, 72, a former head of the Pennsylvania and … Read more

SEP 20, 2017 Multiple city agencies are reviewing the actions of five Pittsburgh police officers involved in the violent arrest of a 47-year-old man late Tuesday near PPG Paints Arena. Video captured at the scene appears to show an officer striking Daniel T. Adelman, of Ravenna, Ohio, at least eight times while the man is … Read more

Jan 31, 2017 AGAWAM, Massachusetts – Two of three Agawam police officers fired for a use-of-force incident involving a disorderly patron at Six Flags New England have been reinstated with back pay, according to John Connor, the lawyer representing the officers. Mayor Richard Cohen fired all three veteran officers in October 2016, after an investigation … Read more

An Ottawa police officer who punched a teen twice in the head and was found to have repeatedly breached the teen’s charter rights has pleaded guilty to police misconduct. Const. Nikolas Boldirev pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of unlawful or unnecessary exercise of authority under the Police Services Act. An Ontario judge had admonished … Read more

May 03, 2017 Before the fight started, Que’Chawn Wade was trying to walk away. The 14-year-old student at Woodland Hills High School had just denied stealing a phone on the afternoon of April 3, when school officer Steve Shaulis asked if he was responsible for the theft, according to Wade’s attorney Todd Hollis. But when … Read more

A western North Carolina police officer who resigned after a body camera video shows him hitting and using a Taser on a man suspected of jaywalking will face preliminary charges of assault, the Buncombe County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. Senior Police Officer Christopher Hickman, 31, was removed from patrol duty a day after the … Read more

5 May 2011 A police officer is being investigated after a horrific video surfaced on YouTube of him fiercely pushing over a 15-year-old girl against a wall and to the ground. The teenager appears to pose no threat at all to cop Patrick Larrison, but is seen walking away from an incident scene when he … Read more