In a viral video posted online on Sunday, police officers in Akron, OH can be seen pinning a purported suspect on the ground, using a Taser and chokeholds on him, and then delivering at least a dozen blows to the man’s body after backup arrived. The video, which local station WKYC3 reported was filmed on … Read more
WORCESTER – A state trooper whom a Worcester judge recommended be charged criminally after allegations that he beat up a doctor on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Auburn is scheduled to defend himself against a civil lawsuit this month. Joseph J. Hilton, a 32-year trooper who disputes the allegations, is scheduled for a trial Oct. 29 … Read more
BATON ROUGE, LA – The City of Baton Rouge has agreed to pay $9,000 to settle a lawsuit filed against the city as well as several Baton Rouge police officers including former officer Blane Salamoni. The case involved a 16-year-old male who was arrested during 2016 Earth Day festivities in downtown Baton Rouge. A video … Read more
SPRINGFIELD — A 23-year-old city man has filed the latest excessive force lawsuit against the police department and the city, arguing officers stomped on his face, kicked and beat him with batons, and pepper-sprayed him in the face after a vehicle chase in 2015. A complaint filed Oct. 10 in U.S. District Court by Tyrique … Read more
BESSEMER, Ala. – An alleged police assault was caught on camera. The dramatic video is now the subject of a lawsuit. Joseph Robinson tells his attorney, LaShunta Robinson, he was traveling home from school at Lawson State Community College. He was pulled over by Bessemer Police, that’s when Robinson began recording from his phone. His … Read more
DENVER – The Denver police officer arrested Thursday for investigation by prosecutors on an alleged use-of-force violation broke a young man’s nose and both bones in the man’s lower-right leg when he beat the man with a metal police baton, according to an affidavit for his arrest. DPD Sgt. Joseph Rodarte, 50, who has been … Read more
MOORHEAD, Minn. — A Moorhead police officer faces a felony charge of aggravated assault for allegedly fracturing a nasal bone and bruising the right eye of a woman who was handcuffed. According to documents filed in Cass County District Court: Fargo, N.D., police were called to Sanford Medical Center on Sept. 9 for a report … Read more
Miami-Dade County cops burst into the home of 18-year-old Bryan Crespo this past March to arrest him for allegedly stealing airbags from local cars. But according to surveillance video New Times has obtained, an MDPD officer identified as Sgt. Manuel Regueiro decided to wallop Crespo in the face after he was already handcuffed. Surveillance video … Read more
A Connecticut police officer was fired Wednesday after he was caught on video warning a group of young people not to run or “do anything stupid” because he was “trigger-happy.” Hartford Chief of Police David Rosado said Officer Stephen Barone was fired following an internal investigation into the August video and a separate traffic incident … Read more
The Coral Springs Police Department has released a statement related to a video on social media that shows an officer punching a teenage girl who was subdued on the floor. An Instagram user identified as Victoria Cedeno posted a video of Thursday’s incident on the social media platform. It has since been deleted. In the … Read more
Newly released cellphone video shows a New York Police Department (NYPD) officer punching and tasing an 85-pound man with health issues. In the video, it’s obvious that 24-year-old William Colon does not want to be arrested. But it’s hard to believe that the 4’8″ man posed a serious threat to the cops who had entered … Read more
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – A New Mexico police officer who was ‘Officer of the Year’ in 2017 has been fired. KRQE News 13 reported on the assault allegations against Alamogordo Police Officer Kyle Graham two weeks ago. Newly released surveillance video shows him and a woman arguing inside the Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center. The verbal … Read more