23 May 2015 Saying he did nothing wrong, a Virginia police officer resigned from the Fredricksburg Police Department after body-cam video showed him using his Taser, and then pepper-spray, on an unresponsive black man sitting in his car. According to the WHOP, 34-year-old David Washington was having a stroke at the time of the incident. … Read more
10 Oct 2017 An off-duty Detroit police officer beat an accused shoplifter with a baton outside a grocery store — but the man and his girlfriend were innocent. David Bivins and his girlfriend were stopped by loss prevention Sunday night as they left a Meijer store, so she went back inside with their items, reported … Read more
5/08/15 In August 2013, Dover, Del., police officers were responding to a call regarding a major fight happening outside a Hess gas station. When the first units arrived, the men involved in the melee ran. Cpl. Thomas Webster IV, 41, and another officer responded to the scene and began searching for men who may have … Read more
10/07/14 New York City Police Department officers are under investigation, this time for beating a 16-year-old suspect even as he tried to surrender, according to DNAinfo New York. The news site obtained exclusive footage showing the two officers run up to suspect Kahreem Tribble. Kahreem stops running, only to have one officer try to punch … Read more
A South Jersey police officer is facing an assault charge after prosecutors say he hit a 13-year-old girl in the face while taking her into custody last month. In the March 8th incident, which was captured on video by a fellow officer’s department-issued body camera, Gloucester Township police officer John Flinn could be seen hitting … Read more
4/04/16 An Arkansas man is comparing himself to Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin after he says he was unjustly targeted while in the parking lot of a Lucky’s Store when police responded to complaints of loud music, WREG reports. “I see another Mike Brown and Trayvon Martin situation, if you ask me,” Patrick Newbern Jr. … Read more
Colorado – Concerns about a Fort Collins police’s officer’s use of force during a shoplifting arrest have spurred investigations into the incident. The officer, whom agency officials declined to identify Friday, was driving home from a shift March 29 when he heard a call for service at the Target at 105 W. Troutman Parkway, according … Read more
24 April 2015 Police slammed a Texas woman to the ground in a drunken driving arrest caught on video by an onlooker. The video recorded Tuesday shows Round Rock Police Officer Ben Johnson speaking with 27-year-old Viviana Keith and then attempt to force her onto the hood of his patrol car, reported KVUE-TV. But Keith … Read more
12 Sept 2017 A police officer in Evansville, Indiana, has been given a five-day suspension without pay after body camera footage showed him punching a handcuffed suspect in the crotch. The Evansville Courier & Press reports that Evansville Police Department Sgt. Rob Hahn was given his suspension shortly before the department publicly released body camera … Read more
Sacramento has tentatively settled a lawsuit with a black man who was beaten by a city police officer last April after a jaywalking stop, an incident that ignited community outrage and led to national headlines. Attorney John Burris confirmed to The Sacramento Bee on Thursday that Nandi Cain Jr. has agreed to settle his federal … Read more
26 Aug 2014 A Florida man said this week that he is still trying to recover after police beat him during an argument that started when he refused to roll down his car window all the way. A video published to YouTube on Sunday shows Curtis Shannon being pulled over by a St. Petersburg police … Read more
27 Sept 2015 A Virginia police officer is under investigation for Tasering a black man during a stop without provocation, WUSA9 is reporting. In a video posted to Facebook, that officer can be seen aiming his Taser at the man and instructing him to turn around and place his hands on the police cruiser. Once … Read more