An NYPD officer accused of assaulting a Coney Island man over a spilled drink is expected to face criminal charges Monday, sources said. Officer O’Keefe Thompson was already on modified duty in the wake of his alleged clash with Raymond Crespo on July 8. According to Crespo, he was on the corner of Mermaid Ave. … Read more
CHEATHAM COUNTY, Tenn. – A lawsuit against the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office has been dismissed after an ex-inmate has reached a settlement. The lawsuit alleged that three deputies used excessive force in repeatedly tasing Jordan Norris while he was secured in a restraint chair. The incident was all captured on video by the department and … Read more
No criminal charges will be filed against a former Lampasas County sheriff’s deputy seen in a May video punching a man after a traffic stop. A Texas Rangers investigation into former Deputy Logan Jones began after the May 25 traffic stop in Lampasas involving Quinton Elderidge Cruce, 18, of Copperas Cove, and Gage Neely Blackwell, … Read more
A state trooper has been suspended without pay after his arrest in connection with an alleged violent assault on a woman at his Derry Township home this month. Chad Douglas Corbett, 37, is charged with aggravated indecent assault, strangulation, simple assault and reckless endangerment. Corbett had been assigned to a patrol unit at Troop A’s … Read more
A former Rikers correction officer was slammed with a 30 year prison sentence Wednesday for beating an infirm inmate to death — and then trying to cover up the assault. “This is a serious offense that requires a serious punishment,” Manhattan Federal Judge Loretta Preska said in handing the lengthy prison term to ex-officer Brian … Read more
A Columbus police officer has been “relieved from duty” after he allegedly made comments threatening to choke a suspect, Columbus Division of Police Chief Kim Jacobs announced Wednesday. In a news conference Wednesday night, Jacobs said a series of officer bodycam videos that captured the Sept. 1 arrest of Timothy Davis prompted the suspension of … Read more
After deliberating for about 30 minutes Thursday, a Baltimore County jury acquitted a police officer accused of unlawfully kicking and spitting on a suspect during an arrest that was captured on video by a city police helicopter. A group of jurors then waited outside the Towson courthouse to thank the officer, Christopher M. Spivey, for … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – An argument between a man and a woman last year resulted in suspensions for two San Antonio police officers who responded to the disturbance. The officers were disciplined in part for not taking seriously the man’s claims that he was the victim of an assault. The man, who is not being identified … Read more
Baltimore activist Kevin Moore and videographers of police brutality are the subject of a new documentary premiering this month. Moore is the witness that filmed on his phone the moments before Freddie Gray disappeared into the back of Baltimore Police Department detainee transport van. While in police custody, Gray later sustained fatal injuries during what … Read more
A police officer from Pass Christian, Mississippi, shocked a woman on the stomach with a stun gun after the woman begged the officer not to, saying she was pregnant, the woman and two witnesses say. Aviana White, 27, was a passenger in her brother’s car when the officer pulled him over Monday morning for speeding, … Read more
South Dakota State University is investigating an allegation of excessive force by a campus police officer following a mother’s viral Facebook post. Melissa Mentele, a one-time candidate for state legislature from Emery, wrote in a lengthy public post that her two daughters were victims of a “violent attack” late Saturday after they were stopped by … Read more
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 Monday. Body cam video released … Read more