CALDWELL — Two former Canyon County jail deputies who violated protocol and are accused of trying to incite violence against an inmate were given three days in jail and a year of unsupervised probation. Kade McConnell and Corey Weathermon, along with their defense attorneys, said in court Tuesday that inmates had manipulated the situation. Though … Read more
For one incoming leader of the Massachusetts Police Association, restraint, de-escalation and stigma reduction are dirty words. Rick Pedrini, an Arlington police lieutenant who will soon become the MPA’s executive director, has penned three columns railing against criminal justice reform, progressive policing practices, migrants seeking asylum and Colin Kaepernick. “I am sick and tired of … Read more
OROVILLE — A Butte County jury Friday found a former Chico police sergeant not guilty of assault in the choke hold of a handcuffed suspect in the back of a police vehicle in 2017. The former sergeant, Scott Ruppel, 51, had been charged with misdemeanor assault by a public officer after prosecutors alleged he unreasonably … Read more
MOUNTAINBURG — The Mountainburg police chief was forced to use his taser on a woman as she watched her home burn down, he claims. Charlotte Adam’s home burned to the ground Friday (Oct. 26) night. The Mountainburg police chief, Vincent Clamser, was called to the scene to help assist with the fire. He says Adams … Read more
DENVER — Denver Police Sergeant Joseph Rodarte, who was arrested and charged Thursday with second degree assault, has faced more than 20 complaints of inappropriate force during his career, but virtually all of the complaints were ruled unfounded, not sustained, or Rodarte was exonerated. According to a DPD statement released Thursday, Rodarte was charged in … Read more
KUNA — An Idaho inmate claims he is still suffering headaches and back pain more than three years after an excessively forceful search by the prison’s emergency response team. Joshua Nall, an inmate at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Kuna, is suing the state’s correction department and prison staff. He is asking for damages … Read more
The city of Houston will pay $200,000 to a truck driver who said Houston police officers attacked him while searching for a burglary suspect five years ago, causing post-traumatic stress disorder and injuries from a chokehold and punching The city council approved the settlement with Nicolas Watson and his attorneys on Wednesday. Watson had sued … Read more
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – A man and his mother have filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Huntsville and a number of Huntsville Police Department officers, some of whom are not identified, for excessive force and false arrest in an October 2016 incident with Huntsville Police Department. The lawsuit says Hilton Germany was arrested on … Read more
The teen who says he was torn from his car then beaten and choked by an off-duty Baytown cop apparently angry over the 19-year-old’s tryst with his step-daughter has now filed a lawsuit against the officer and his wife, who allegedly helped orchestrate the attack earlier this month. The beat-down, in an abandoned Whataburger parking … Read more
A suburban Cleveland officer who was fired last year after video surfaced of him beating a black motorist during a traffic stop will be reinstated after an arbitrator ruled in his favor. Euclid Officer Michael Amiott, who is white, was first suspended for 45 days after a police dashcam captured him punching the driver in … Read more
UTICA, N.Y. — The jury in a Syracuse police brutality trial has sided with a man beaten in a bloody arrest, awarding him and his family more than $1.5 million. Alonzo Grant, 57, sued the city of Syracuse and police officers Damon Lockett and Paul Montalto alleging they used excessive force and falsely arrested him … Read more
On Monday, October 22, Michaella Surat, the CSU student whose Old Town Fort Collins police body slam fueled a viral video, was sentenced to probation and community service in the incident. But this may not be her last trip to court. Surat’s attorney, David Lane, says he’ll soon file a lawsuit against Fort Collins Police … Read more