A Volusia County deputy who injured a handcuffed man using a “leg sweep” take down was fired two weeks ago after the sheriff determined excessive force was used during the encounter. On Tuesday, the Volusia County Council approved an $165,000 payment as an out-of-court settlement related to the incident, in which an arrested man’s leg … Read more
Baltimore’s spending panel is scheduled Wednesday to vote on a proposed $90,000 settlement with a man who says police officers broke his nose after he declined to make a statement about a robbery he witnessed. The payment would resolve a lawsuit brought against four Baltimore police officers by a man named Donovan Hand of Irvine, … 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
Sep 5 2017 AURORA, Colo. – A 23-year-old woman filed an excessive force lawsuit Monday against three Aurora officers. OyZhana Williams alleges Aurora Police Sergeant Michal Hawkins, and officers Jordan Odneal and Jose Ortiz physically assaulted her and made up a false charge against her during a 2015 arrest. The civil rights lawsuit, filed by … 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
Mar 31, 2016 AUSTIN – The Austin Police Department is reviewing video of an arrest made by an officer in East Austin last week. Cellphone video shows an officer lying on top of a man and punching him several times. According to court documents, an officer was pulling into a parking lot in the 900 … Read more
June 16, 2010 Investigators in Seattle are looking into why a police officer punched a teen in the face during a seemingly routine stop for jaywalking. The incident, captured on video, has drawn strong criticism over the cop’s actions, as well as the behavior of the alleged jaywalkers. “This is another case of we are … 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
03/28/2013 A video posted on Facebook Tuesday night shows a plainclothes Vancouver police officer punching a cyclist in the head during an arrest. Andishae Akhavan has insisted he was not resisting arrest, and said there was no reason for the officer to punch him in the face. Akhavan said he was riding his bike without … Read more