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
A video camera captured an incident that led Nova Scotia’s police watchdog to charge a Halifax Regional Police officer with assaulting a man and breaking his nose at the Metro Turning Point shelter in February. Const. Laurence Gary Basso, 37, is charged with assault causing bodily harm, public mischief and breach of trust. On March … 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
MUNCIE, Ind. – A man arrested in a viral video on Sunday has filed a lawsuit against the City of Muncie and four police officers. Joshua Douglas, 36, claims the officers used “unreasonable, discriminatory, and excessive force” in violation of the Fourth Amendment, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday. He also claims other officers on … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – Two Bexar County sheriff deputies were indicted by a grand jury Wednesday in connection with a disturbance involving a jail inmate, Sheriff Javier Salazar said. Joseph Anthony Hernandez, 26, and Michael Gomez, 30, who has since resigned, are charged with official oppression. “While is it a certainly a sad situation, I am … Read more
MAYO, Florida — A Mayo Correctional Institution officer was arrested Thursday for battery of an inmate and falsifying a use of force report following an investigation. Cody Ford was arrested and transported to the Lafayette County Jail following an investigation by the Florida Department of Corrections’ Office of the Inspector General. According to the affidavit, … Read more
25 Aug 2014 Police authorities in Greenville, South Carolina are reviewing video of an arrest at a Walmart store Saturday afternoon where an officer can be seen repeatedly punching a suspect in the head as horrified shoppers begged him to stop. In cell phone footage provided to WSPA, police officers can be seen surrounding a … Read more
BERKELEY, New Jersey – A township patrolman, now facing his fourth federal excessive force lawsuit, has dropped his bid to return to active duty. He has retired instead. Patrick J. Stesner, 42, retired as of March 1, township Administrator John Camera told the Asbury Park Press. The application for retirement ended Stesner’s civil suit demanding … Read more
LAKELAND, Florida – The Lakeland Police Department says it is reviewing a video that may show excessive force used against a 38-year-old man. Lakeland PD says it has been made aware of a now-viral video on Tuesday showing what appears to be officers “in a struggle with a suspect” under the U.S. 98 North and … Read more
07 Jun 2015 Around last call on Saturday night in Austin, Texas, a tourist from Los Angeles taped several white police officers tackling a black man in the middle of a busy street, confiscating the phone of a filming bystander, and then pepper spraying the man who’d been taping in the face. Jericho Tucker, a … Read more