ELIZABETH – Taxpayers spent $250,000 in a settlement with a Philadelphia man who suffered “significant injuries” to his neck and spine during a police arrest, according to his attorney, and an officer admitted in testimony that he never officially reported that he hit the man with a metal flashlight. Elizabeth settled Jerome Wright’s lawsuit in … Read more
Jun 07, 2012 A veteran Windsor, Ont., police officer has been charged with assault after someone turned in video that appears to show the accused kicking a man. The video was given first to a media outlet Wednesday and then to the police department’s professional standards branch. In the video, a young black man is … Read more
A Baltimore Police officer has been arrested and charged with first-degree assault for an on-duty incident in which he allegedly struck a man over the head with a club on Christmas Eve, according to police and the alleged victim’s attorney. City prosecutors charged Officer Kevin Battipaglia on Thursday, and police suspended him without pay, police … Read more
07/04/2015 A Texas woman says she was punched several times by a sheriff’s deputy while she was nine-months pregnant, and claims that video evidence helps prove it. Deanna Robinson, 38, of Quinlan, said she was assaulted by a Hunt County Sheriff’s deputy on March 4 after Child Protective Services showed up to take her 18-month-old … Read more
AUSTIN, Texas — A Williamson County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been fired after he was arrested while off-duty at an Austin barbecue restaurant for allegedly attacking a 12-year-old girl. Austin Police arrested 42-year-old Jack Danford Jr. at Oakwood BBQ at 307 E. Braker Lane on Saturday, March 3. According to an affidavit, Danford was seated … Read more
A Seattle mother is furious because a school security guard slammed her 12-year-old son to the ground so hard that he was unable to move his legs, reported King 5. The boy had to be carried away on a stretcher and taken to the hospital. The boy, upset that the school took his phone from … Read more
FORT WORTH, Texas – A Fort Worth police officer is facing criminal charges stemming in part from a Nov. 5, 2016, incident in which he allegedly used excessive force against a possible suspect. Jon Preston Romer Jr. subjected Henry Newson to mistreatment, arrest, and search and seizure that was unlawful because Romer struck Newson with … Read more
December 22, 2017 Arthur Morris was just trying to have a smoke one night outside his Topeka home. He was incredulous when three police officers arrived on his back porch. No, he hadn’t called 911, he told them. No, neither had his neighbors to report him yelling at his partner, Jeanie Becerra, because they hadn’t … Read more
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The family of a man who died after a struggle with Anaheim officers held a news conference on Monday to allege excessive force from police. Christopher Eisinger, 35, was taken off of life support Saturday morning after being declared brain dead and in a coma for several days. He was arrested on … Read more
STOCKTON — A California correctional officer faces charges after allegedly hitting a handcuffed man in an assault that prosecutors say was recorded on surveillance video. Video of correctional officer Matthew Mettler, employed by the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office, striking a restrained man in a spit hood has the district attorney’s office on the lookout … Read more
TRENTON, New Jersey – City cops are caught on tape cavalierly joking about employing excessive force during arrests and making fun of a gunshot victim who was in the hospital clinging to life after being blasted in the head. All of it was captured by a body camera worn by supervising Trenton Police Sgt. Charles … Read more
19 November 2015 A former Detroit-area police officer was found guilty Thursday of assault and misconduct in the bloody beating of an armed black driver during a traffic stop that was captured by a dashboard camera. Wayne County jurors handed down the verdict in the case against William Melendez, who was charged in the January … Read more