November 21, 2015 San Francisco – After a 100-plus-mph car chase, deputies from Alameda County said they caught 29-year-old Stanislav Petrov on foot in a narrow alley in San Francisco’s Mission District in the early morning. Surveillance footage from the November 12 incident, posted on the San Francisco Public Defender’s YouTube page, shows Petrov running … Read more
March 30 2016 Florida – A Seminole County Sheriff’s deputy resigned before being charged with battery after he allegedly punched a handcuffed suspect, officials said. The deputy, Michael O’Connor, resigned March 24 after he was caught on video threatening to kill a domestic violence suspect and then punching him in the face while he was … Read more
August 11, 2016 CUPERTINO — A woman was awarded $40,000 by a federal jury after claiming two Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputies used excessive force when they shoved her against her car during a 2014 traffic stop. Shiow-Huey Chang alleged in a civil rights lawsuit that she was pulled out of her car along the … Read more
In 2015, Jessica Mooney sat next to her fiancé at a Fort Lauderdale bus terminal as he filmed Fort Lauderdale Police Officer Victor Ramirez slapping a homeless man in the face. The following year, Ramirez was charged with misdemeanor battery and arrested, and Mooney testified against the cop in court. Just two weeks after she … Read more
JONESBORO, AR – “I probably shouldn’t have done it,” an Arkansas State Police lieutenant said during an interview regarding allegations of excessive force. The investigation stemmed from a Jonesboro man’s complaint that he was unfairly slammed against a police cruiser by Lt. Scott Pillow in July 2017. The investigation made its way to the Office … Read more
18 Sep 2010 DENVER, COLORADO — What started as a walk to the park with his dogs ended with a trip to the hospital for a Denver dog owner. 32-year-old Mark Ashford says he was beaten black and blue by two Denver Police officers. “They punched him and pinned him up against the fence and … Read more
Sept. 11, 2017 Indiana – A former assistant police chief’s five-day suspension for excessive force has been approved by the Police Merit Commission. Sgt. Rob Hahn was suspended five days without pay and chose not to appeal that order, but new details about the incident that led to the suspension were released to the public … Read more
June 28, 2017 Georgia – A Pooler man has filed a lawsuit accusing a Chatham sheriff’s deputy of using excessive force during an arrest in Effingham County, kicking him and breaking his jaw and back. Anthony Oliver also accuses deputy Franklin R. Rollins Jr., who was acting as a U.S. Marshal during the Jan. 23 … Read more
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina – Police in January launched a criminal investigation into whether an officer used excessive force in the arrest of a man suspected of jaywalking and trespassing after he walked across the parking lot of a business already closed for the day. Police body camera video obtained by the Citizen Times on Wednesday … Read more
OCALA, Florida — A Marion County corrections officer accused of slamming a handcuffed inmate’s head into the wall late last year has accepted a plea deal from the State Attorney’s Office, according to officials. In exchange for having charges of battery and malpractice by a jailer dropped, Charles Craig Broaderick agreed to surrender his law … Read more
23 October 2011 Two police officers who were filmed throwing a man from his wheelchair onto the sidewalk will not face charges, it has been revealed. Dwight Harris was left with a pool of blood coming from his head and needing stitches after he was pulled from his wheelchair by Metro transit police officers in … Read more
5 Jun 2013 MESA, Ariz. – A police take down is caught by a cell phone camera. The video shows a dramatic and physical altercation between an officer and a man who refuses to do what he’s asked. But there are two sides to every story, and we’ll show you both. A concerned citizen who … Read more