RALEIGH, NC – Body and dash cam video has been released showing a confrontation between officers and a Raleigh man during an arrest back in April. The video shows the arrest of Kyron Hinton. The two state troopers involved in the arrest — Tabitha Davis and Michael Blake — as well as Wake deputy Cameron … Read more
Hospital surveillance camera footage captured what police left out of their report. Two police officers in Paterson, New Jersey, went to a local hospital March 5 on reports of a man who attempted suicide, video showed. But after the man threw an object into the hallway and insulted one of the cops, the officers grabbed … Read more
Wildwood police released three redacted body-cam videos Wednesday night of the Memorial Day weekend encounter with a 20-year-old woman on the beach that shows her cursing and insulting police, and one officer, in turn, losing his patience when the woman walked away from him and telling her, “That’s it. I’m done with you. You’re about … Read more
Aurora will pay $335,000 to settle a lawsuit with a woman who was tackled, punched and kicked in the head by a police sergeant, who then arrested the woman on an assault charge. The settlement, which was finalized on Tuesday, illustrates what happens when police officers fail to recognize their own emotions and cannot de-escalate … Read more
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A lawsuit accuses police of covering up excessive force against a Champaign man. The suit, filed by Chicago law firm Nathan & Kamionski LLP on May 23, says 62-year-old Alton Corey was recovering at home on the night of Oct. 17, 2017, after going to the hospital for a heart procedure. Police … Read more
Austin will pay $425,000 to an African-American schoolteacher whose violent arrest in 2015 sparked nationwide outrage. On Thursday, City Council members unanimously approved an agreement with Breaion King to settle a lawsuit she filed against the city. Video that surfaced in 2016 as a result of an American-Statesman investigation showed an Austin police officer throwing … Read more
A Hanford police report says Michael Valdez was riding his bicycle on the wrong side of the street when officer Larry Leeds attempted to stop him. What happened next is the subject of a federal civil rights lawsuit in which Valdez, 49, and his attorney, Morgan Ricketts, accuse Leeds of using excessive force to arrest … Read more
RALEIGH – A Wake County grand jury handed up indictments Tuesday against three law enforcement officers, accusing them of beating and injuring a Raleigh man with flashlights and a police dog. The incident happened April 3 in East Raleigh when Kyron Dwain Hinton, 29, was crossing the street on foot at North Raleigh Boulevard and … Read more
TACOMA, Wash. – On Thursday, a jury in federal court unanimously decided that a Tacoma police officer used excessive force while confronting a 15-year-old girl in May of 2014. The City of Tacoma will now have to pay the victim and her family $550,000. In 2014, Monique Tillman and her brother were biking through the … Read more
New Jersey – A video made its rounds on social media Saturday showing police officers wrestling a woman to the ground and punching her in the head at a beach in Wildwood. The video shared on Twitter nearly 8,000 times begins when an officer has the woman pinned down and she is kicking her legs … Read more
TAYLOR, Mich. – A Michigan man is accusing police officers of using excessive force during a 2016 arrest outside his home. “I stopped at a stop sign, and they followed me home from there,” Cody Meredith said. What started as a drive home for Meredith ended with him landing in the back seat of a … Read more
ASH FLAT, Ark. – A civil rights lawsuit against several police officers and their government agencies in Sharp County alleges a man was “body slammed” and struck in the face with a flash light while handcuffed. An anonymous viewer noticed our publication of the press release by the attorneys representing the man and sent us … Read more