Mar 08, 2016 Saskatchewan’s highest court has reinstated the original assault conviction of a Regina Police Service officer who kicked a homeless man and caused him to hit his head four years ago. The recent Court of Appeal decision means Const. Robert Kenneth Power has been found guilty, not guilty and now guilty again. After … Read more
A North Carolina police officer recorded beating a black man stopped for jaywalking now faces criminal charges. It began around midnight on Aug. 25 when officer Christopher Hickman and a police trainee stopped 33-year-old Johnnie Jermaine Rush in Asheville and accused him of jaywalking and trespassing through a parking lot, reports the Asheville Citizen-Times. Rush … Read more
5/6/2015 The San Jose Police Department is defending its actions during the beating of a suspect who was being arrested, an event captured on video by a bystander’s mobile phone and uploaded to social media, where it went viral. The suspect, 22-year-old Juan Moreno-Lopez, got into a scuffle with police over the weekend after police … Read more
Cyprus – Two police officers found guilty last year of beating a man being held in a Polis Chrysochous holding cell were forced to leave the police force, it was announced on Tuesday. The two officers, Panayiotis Eracleous and Carlo Dekermendjian, who were sentenced to a year in prison after they were seen beating up … Read more
January 30, 2016 Marion County, FL — In August of 2014, multiple deputies with the Marion County Sheriff’s office conducted a drug bust. During the bust, Derrick Price ran from deputies Jesse Terrell, Trevor Fitzgerald, James Amideo, Cody Hoppel and Adam Crawford. However, once he realized he could not outrun the pickup truck, he quickly … Read more
An MBTA surveillance video released by the Law Offices of Howard Friedman shows that the MBTA Transit Police Department covered up a beating last May. The video shows MBTA police detective Sean Conway grab Anthony Ferrier from the edge of the Red Line track at Park Street Station after the intoxicated man seemingly tried to … Read more
A prominent Philadelphia lawyer who was arrested during a courthouse scuffle with sheriff’s deputies in August has sued six of the officers, saying they unnecessarily gang-tackled him and used excessive force to restrain and arrest him, leaving him with a separated and fractured shoulder. Clifford E. Haines, 72, a former head of the Pennsylvania and … Read more
7/21/17 Video of a California police officer forcefully arresting a woman who was selling flowers without a permit near a high school graduation last month has sparked social media backlash because of the tactics the officer used. The incident occurred June 7 near the Perris High School graduation ceremony in Southern California, where street vendors … Read more
Chicago – The city’s independent police watchdog last week released body-camera video of Chicago police officers arresting a 20-year-old driver at a South Side gas station, a confrontation that included the man being forced roughly to the pavement, pinned and handcuffed. After stopping his car, two plainclothes officers on the new video can be heard … Read more
Illinois – Two women have filed a lawsuit alleging police brutality by Fairview Heights police officers, but the department maintains its officers did nothing wrong during the arrest. The lawsuit, filed by Theresa Sims, 34, and Lakeisha Alston, 35, alleges the officers used “grossly excessive” force during their arrest at the St. Clair Square Mall … Read more
SEP 20, 2017 Multiple city agencies are reviewing the actions of five Pittsburgh police officers involved in the violent arrest of a 47-year-old man late Tuesday near PPG Paints Arena. Video captured at the scene appears to show an officer striking Daniel T. Adelman, of Ravenna, Ohio, at least eight times while the man is … Read more
Jan 31, 2017 AGAWAM, Massachusetts – Two of three Agawam police officers fired for a use-of-force incident involving a disorderly patron at Six Flags New England have been reinstated with back pay, according to John Connor, the lawyer representing the officers. Mayor Richard Cohen fired all three veteran officers in October 2016, after an investigation … Read more