An Ottawa police officer who punched a teen twice in the head and was found to have repeatedly breached the teen’s charter rights has pleaded guilty to police misconduct. Const. Nikolas Boldirev pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of unlawful or unnecessary exercise of authority under the Police Services Act. An Ontario judge had admonished … Read more
15 February 2017 Police have been filmed using a taser on a pregnant 17-year-old girl who was accused of resisting arrest. Video shot on a cellphone shows Dailene Rosario screaming in pain as a dozen NYPD officers surrounded her in an apartment building in the Bronx on Friday night. The teenager, who is 14 weeks … Read more
May 03, 2017 Before the fight started, Que’Chawn Wade was trying to walk away. The 14-year-old student at Woodland Hills High School had just denied stealing a phone on the afternoon of April 3, when school officer Steve Shaulis asked if he was responsible for the theft, according to Wade’s attorney Todd Hollis. But when … Read more
A western North Carolina police officer who resigned after a body camera video shows him hitting and using a Taser on a man suspected of jaywalking will face preliminary charges of assault, the Buncombe County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. Senior Police Officer Christopher Hickman, 31, was removed from patrol duty a day after the … Read more
5 May 2011 A police officer is being investigated after a horrific video surfaced on YouTube of him fiercely pushing over a 15-year-old girl against a wall and to the ground. The teenager appears to pose no threat at all to cop Patrick Larrison, but is seen walking away from an incident scene when he … Read more
Fort Worth, TX — A Fort Worth police officer’s actions against an innocent woman were so disturbing that it actually prompted the department to fire him. The 22-year-veteran of the force, Sgt. Kenneth Pierce was fired this week after body camera footage showed him hold an innocent woman by the hair and arm and demand … Read more
15 Aug 2017 Kalamazoo, MI: On Monday, July 10, 2017, Sgt. Derrick Turner was patrolling the 700 block of Hawley Street in response to numerous issues of drug dealing, loitering and gun violence on that specific block and personal requests from residents whom Sgt. Turner had built a relationship with. Sgt. Turner observed two suspected … Read more
A judge found a retired Prince George’s County police officer not guilty of assault Thursday morning. In February 2012, Officer Donald Taylor and his partner saw two men they thought were about to rob a gas station in Brentwood, Taylor said. When they approached the men, 19-year-old Ryan Dorm struggled with the officers and ran … Read more
4 Oct, 2012 A 23-year-old college student is suing the Los Angeles Police Department after being brutally assaulted by several officers during a violent beat down in 2010. Aibuidefe Oghogho tells Southern California’s CBS2 News that officers with the LAPD hammered his face and body relentlessly with multiple blows from batons and fists during an … Read more
Cortney Jackson, a former Muscogee County Jail inmate suing city officials for cruel and unusual punishment, was staying in an area for mentally ill inmates when he was beaten and stunned repeatedly with a Taser by correctional employees, according to records from the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office. The Ledger-Enquirer obtained video cam footage, as well … Read more
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 The Long Beach Police Department is defending its actions after a viral video posted this week showed officers with batons beating a man whose family later said they would file a lawsuit. In the video, which was uploaded to YouTube on Monday, a man identified as 46-year-old Porfirio Santos-Lopez is seen lying … Read more
A Columbus police officer who was fired after he was caught on cellphone video stomping on a suspect has been reinstated, according to a 27-page arbitration decision issued Monday. Officer Zach Rosen will return to working patrolling zone four, which includes North Linden where the incident happened, said Sgt. Dean Worthington, spokesman for the Columbus … Read more