INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – An arrest inside a gas station in Speedway caught on camera last week. Now, the family of the man arrested is raising the question, was this an excessive use of force? Police are now taking a closer look at that video and we are digging into IMPD’s arrest policies. The disturbance inside … Read more
Witness video showing police in Texas punching and kneeing a man during an arrest last weekend has sparked calls for answers from the local community. Amid the uproar, body camera footage and 911 audio of Saturday’s arrest of Forrest Curry were released by the Fort Worth Police Department on Tuesday. The footage shows police holding … Read more
01 Oct 2014 A Florida police officer has place been on paid administrative leave after cell phone video showed him using a Taser to stun a 62-year-old African-American woman in the back as she was walking away. In a press conference held at 3:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DeLeo announced that Officer … Read more
A New York City police officer has been accused of using a banned chokehold to take down a skateboarder during an arrest captured on video. Yibin Mu, of Queens, posted the video Monday on YouTube showing the officer grab and throw him to the ground during the incident about 5 p.m. Sunday in Columbus Circle, … Read more
08 Nov 2015 Incompetent police officers mistook an innocent man for a suspect last week, which left that man in the hospital. As Arthur Velazquez was riding his bike down the street, police claimed that he ‘fit the description’ because he was wearing a hoodie and on a bike, so they stopped him. While he … Read more
08 July 2015 A video posted to YouTube on Wednesday shows a massive and violent police response to one black man, who is seen on the ground as he is punched, kicked, Tased, and cursed at by police officers. The video, posted by Los Angeles blogger and journalist Jasmyne Cannick, reportedly documents the arrest of … Read more
19 Sep 2014 A New Mexico police officer is under investigation after he slammed a handcuffed motorist to the ground during a traffic stop, reported the Clovis News Journal. A video posted Monday on YouTube shows Officer Brent Aguilar approach a pickup driven by 26-year-old Jorge Corona during the Aug. 3 incident. Corona repeatedly asks … Read more
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Two attorneys who already have an excessive force lawsuit against a Syracuse police officer filed a second suit today, alleging that Officer Vallon Smith violated the constitutional rights of a 14-year-old during an arrest at school last February. The federal lawsuit names the city of Syracuse, the police department, Chief Frank Fowler … Read more
Melbourne, Australia – John installed a CCTV system at his house in Melbourne’s northern suburbs after it was burgled a few years back. It was supposed to capture robbers — not police. But the video it recorded in October 2017 shows a number of Victoria Police officers dragging the disability pensioner into his front yard, … Read more
DALLAS — Police in Fort Worth, Texas, are finding themselves under a harsh spotlight after bystanders captured footage Saturday of officers struggling to handcuff a black man they had detained. The video appears to show an officer repeatedly punching 35-year-old Forrest Curry while trying to place him under arrest. According to a police statement, the … Read more
15 July 2016 Earlier this year, police in Georgia tased a 24-year-old man named Patrick Mumford outside his home — and it turns out he wasn’t even the guy they were looking for. Via The Daily Beast, a new police body cam video posted by Mumford’s attorney Will Claiborne this week shows officers with the … Read more
28 Dec 2015 In dramatic footage provided to the New York Daily News, a Queens man had his head repeatedly bashed into a wall and punched during a dog walking incident that escalated out of control. According to 25-year-old college student Nicholson Gregoire, he had just exited his home to walk his 5-month-old pit bull … Read more