Brutality Archive

A Grand Rapids police officer who resigned during an Internal Affairs investigation had held a rifle muzzle to the head of a prone, handcuffed suspect’s head, according to police reports and body camera footage. The suspect, who had been tasered, was handcuffed, on the ground, when Officer Kevin Penn put the rifle against his head. … Read more

RALEIGH, NC — Two State Highway Patrol troopers Michael Blake and Tabithia Davis have been fired, effective Friday, as part of an investigation into a Raleigh man’s beating, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. Highway Patrol spokesman Michael Baker confirmed that Sgt. R.W. Goswick was placed on administrative duty. The two state … Read more

Sonoma County agreed to pay a $1.7 million settlement Monday to 20 inmates who filed a federal lawsuit three years ago charging that jail deputies subjected them to “heinous and inexplicable beatings,” officials said. In response, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office will implement the use of body-worn cameras for all sworn corrections officers and will … Read more

When Janelle Smith and Britny Ly were sitting in a car outside the Riviera Show Club early Sunday morning, they didn’t know what to do as they saw an altercation between two men and police escalate. The two took out their phones and started taking videos. Smith and Ly saw Worcester police attempt to arrest … Read more

The woman who wound up with a face full of sand during a violent arrest on a New Jersey beach over Memorial Day weekend is telling her side of the story to Inside Edition. Emily Weinman, 20, was at the Wildwood beach with her aunt and young daughter when she was questioned by police about … Read more

Five months after NYPD officer James Frascatore was found guilty of using excessive force to wrongfully apprehend former tennis pro James Blake, he received his punishment: Five days of docked vacation, half of the already meager punishment recommended by an independent review board. Blake, unsurprisingly, is not pleased with the punishment. “Losing five vacation days … Read more

Dozens of protesters gathered outside of the Mesa Police Department headquarters Friday night to protest recent incidents involving use of force by officers. Members of Black Lives Matter Arizona organized the protest and numerous Mesa residents participated. After gathering in front of the police headquarters near Main and Robson streets in downtown Mesa, protesters took … Read more

The City of Killeen, Texas and 2 of its police officers are being sued in a federal lawsuit because excessive force was used in removing a gay high school student from a school bus after he was attacked by another student. The suit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Waco by attorney Robert Ranco … Read more

Footage recorded by Barrow County Sheriff’s Office showed the moments leading up to the death of a man who was in police custody. Charles “Charlie” Williams, 30, was being moved from one facility to the Barrow County Detention Center around 2:30 that afternoon on Jan 27. Williams had already been arrest through the Auburn Police … Read more

KATY, TX – A Texas mother is demanding answers from her son’s school district after police officers used a stun gun on him at school. Body camera video showing the incident with the special-needs student has been released. The 2016 video shows 17-year-old Jevon Washington trying to leave school, after getting frustrated in class. “Can … Read more

The brutal arrest of a student in Kentucky by local police was captured on video by shocked students. The incident occurred at Jefferstown High School, 12 miles east of Louisville in Kentucky. The video clip was spread around on November 1, the same day of the arrest, notably by columnist Shaun King: The clip shows … Read more