SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Syracuse Police Department isn’t saying whether it disciplined two officers involved in an arrest that cost city taxpayers $2 million. Sgt. William Galvin and Officer William Coleman confronted Brad Hulett in 2013 for refusing orders to sit on a Centro bus. The officers removed Hulett by stunning him with a Taser … Read more
The surveillance camera captured the early morning hours of May 30, 2016, as several Minneapolis police officers rushed to an SUV, where Mohamed Osman sat behind the wheel. He got out and knelt on the ground. One of them kicked Osman in the stomach. Then Christopher Reiter followed suit with a boot to Osman’s face. … Read more
A Florida deputy is facing charges after his abuse of a handcuffed suspect was caught on camera inside of a patrol car. Michael O’Connor is the Seminole County sheriff’s deputy and ex-Navy serviceman charged with misdemeanor battery. Supervisors learned about video of him beating the handcuffed suspect, eventually bringing charges. O’Connor was suspended and resigned … Read more
2017/09/30 CARTERET – Carteret Police Officer Joseph Reiman, the brother of Mayor Dan Reiman, has been indicted in connection with assaulting and causing injury to a teenager during an arrest earlier this year. A police dash cam video of the May 31, 2017 incident showed the teen repeatedly being hit after he exited his vehicle. … Read more
COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. -A Chokoloskee family is accusing Collier County Sheriff Deputies of beating a man to death after he died in their custody. Devan Rewis, 31, was arrested on Sept. 15 after being pulled over for breaking curfew following Hurricane Irma. The sheriff’s office said during the traffic stop, Rewis attempted to run from … Read more
Elliott Williams spent the last five days of his life in a Tulsa County jail, paralyzed and lying on the cold concrete floor. But despite the 37-year-old Oklahoma man’s pleas for help, guards did nothing to save him, a lawsuit claims. At one point, jailers dumped Williams’s limp body into a shower and left him … Read more
SANTA CLARA — A San Jose woman will receive a $6.7 million settlement from the city of Santa Clara after her leg was broken trying to prevent police officers from entering her home without a warrant to arrest her teenage daughter last year, her attorney and the city announced Wednesday. The settlement resolves a federal … Read more
A Rocklin police officer was arrested Tuesday evening on charges that he assaulted a DUI suspect with his baton, causing great bodily injury. Officer Brad Alford was among the officers involved in a driving-under-the-influence arrest at about 6 a.m. Sunday, the Rocklin Police Department said in a news release. “During the arrest, one of our … Read more
A Toronto police sergeant who stomped on and repeatedly Tasered a man during arrest has made his first appearance at a disciplinary hearing. Sgt. Eduardo Miranda was charged with unlawful or unnecessary use of authority and discreditable conduct under the Police Services Act after a civilian police oversight agency investigation. He did not enter a … Read more
WETHERSFIELD, CT – Two Connecticut State Police troopers were terminated this week after they were accused of kidnapping and assaulting a man for more than an hour because the victim reportedly touched a woman’s butt. Xavier Cruz, from Troop K in Colchester, was terminated on Sept. 11 with an effective date of Monday while Rupert … Read more
The continuing protests over a judge’s decision to acquit former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley of murder returned to the Galleria mall on Saturday, where police ended the demonstration and made 22 arrests. Many in St. Louis are outraged that St. Louis Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson found Stockley, who is white, not guilty in … Read more
A former police officer who got in trouble has received his punishment from a judge. Now it looks like taxpayers may also have to pay. A lawsuit is pending against the former officer and the Honolulu Police Department. Keoki Duarte pleaded no contest to unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle and assault. He was accused … Read more