CLEVELAND, Ohio – A Euclid police officer who was fired after video of a violent traffic stop went viral has been sued by a second man who claims the officer kicked him in the face and shocked him with a Taser during an arrest for possession of less than a gram of marijuana. Michael Amiott’s … Read more
Cellphone video showing a Winnipeg police officer allegedly hitting a 12-year-old boy was a key piece of evidence used to charge the officer with assault. The original raw video, obtained by CBC News, is just over a minute in length and shows two police officers arriving at a city home on Aug. 7 asking to … Read more
EUCLID, Ohio- A suburban Cleveland police department is once again under fire. Just like before, the whole incident is captured on video. The Euclid Police Department is facing another complaint of excessive force against a driver. Thursday, attorneys with Friedman and Gilbert filed an 18-page federal civil rights action against the Euclid Police Department and … Read more
SANTA ANA — On the heels of a scathing report on its use of excessive force, an Orange County police department is facing further criticism following the release of graphic footage showing a suspect’s altercation with officers that would result in the man’s death. Video from body cams released by the Orange County district attorney … Read more
OPA-LOCKA, Fla. – An Opa-locka police officer has been accused of punching a teenage boy, breaking his jaw. Broward County sheriff’s deputies said Lowrie Simon, 37, attacked 17-year-old Kristian Stanley on Sunday because Simon believed that Stanley was having sex with his 13-year-old daughter. Opa-Locka police Chief James Dobson said Lowrie has been placed on … Read more
ROYAL OAK, Mich. – When Anthony Sevy got a parking ticket in Royal Oak, he wasn’t pleased. When he went to pay his ticket with pennies, he was turned away, choked, and then defecated himself – his attorney claims. “I don’t think that in everyday course of business, we poop our pants or go around … Read more
In Lebanon Junction, Kentucky, a man in the process of moving to Kansas was arrested after a police officer took offence to his words, even after the officer told the man he was “free to go.” The incident, involving officer Hedges, occurred after Avery Williams asked for his badge number. The officer did give it … Read more
The family of a former Gateway High School student filed a federal brutality suit Tuesday after a Killeen officer allegedly body slammed the teen outside of a Killeen school district bus in April 2016. A complaint filed in the U.S. Western District Court in Waco on Tuesday said Killeen police officers Travis Lundt and Stephen … Read more
After mistaking him for a burglar and shooting him twice, police charged Lyndo Jones with evading arrest, shackled him to his Dallas hospital bed and blocked family members from visiting him for six days. At first, Mesquite police erroneously called Jones, 31, a “burglary suspect” because of a 911 caller who’d spotted him in a … Read more
MERIDEN — A former city police officer and son of Police Chief Jeffry Cossette has settled an excessive force lawsuit filed six years ago by a prisoner who was shoved in a holding cell and suffered a serious head injury. Details of the settlement were not disclosed. Pedro Temich sued former officer Evan Cossette for … Read more
ATLANTA – An Atlanta police officer was fired for using excessive force after he was caught on dashcam video repeatedly kicking and punching a teenage suspect after a police chase. Only Channel 2 Action News has the video and documents that show the officer wasn’t even supposed to be at the scene to begin with. … Read more
A Stanislaus County sheriff’s deputy is under a criminal investigation after video of him hitting a suspect during an arrest was posted online. In the video, which was recorded on Nov. 10 in Modesto, law enforcement officers can be seen trying to get the suspect, who is on the ground, to put his hands behind … Read more