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Lawsuits May 14, 2017

$25 Million Lawsuit: Fearing Walter Scott-Like Backlash, Charleston County Officials Misled Public in Deputy Shooting

Just a month after controversy erupted over police accounts of Walter Scott’s death, Charleston County sheriff’s officials faced possible backlash about why one of their own deputies had shot a man in his home, leaving him paralyzed. They hosted a news conference and released recordings — a show of transparency. But the officials withheld from the public the deputy’s own report — an account …

Legal News Apr 10, 2017

U.S. Supreme Court Case Could Impact Olango Family Lawsuit

Protesters rallied outside police headquarters Saturday, calling on the El Cajon Police Department to fire the officer who shot and killed Alfred Olango back in September of 2016. In Olango’s case, attorneys argued that Officer Richard Gonsalves “aggressively confronted Olango and cornered him.” They allege the officer’s demeanor provoked Olango to take a shooting stance, …

Lawsuits Mar 6, 2017

Lawsuit: Deputies Knelt on Teen’s Neck After Tasing Him, Caused His Death

The parents of a teen who died while in custody of several Harris County deputies are filing a lawsuit against them, alleging they used unreasonable deadly force at the end of a chase involving their son. According to a lawsuit filed in February 2017, several Harris County Sheriff’s deputies used a Taser to subdue 18 …

Lawsuits, News, Settlements Aug 4, 2016

Women Inmates: White Privilege Helped in Lawsuit Over Shocking Conditions at Santa Rita Jail

Filthy cells, toilets and walls covered in blood and feces, and sexual harassment by sheriffs’ deputies – those are just some of the things women say they’ve endured at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin. Four women who filed a federal lawsuit over the jail’s conditions have settled with Alameda County, and say the fact that they’re white helped bring about the settlement and changes at …

News May 23, 2016

Family Plans Lawsuit After Deadly Pursuit

The family of a woman killed earlier this month when she was hit by another motorist fleeing law enforcement plans to sue the agencies involved in the chase. Kimberly King’s family retained Matt Morgan of Morgan & Morgan after King’s Cadillac Escalade was struck head-on by a woman fleeing sheriff’s deputies in Mascotte on May 12. Mascotte police, who were aiding deputies, threw …

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Settlements Jan 14, 2016

Santa Clara Co. Settles With Family of Roku Engineer Fatally Shot by Deputy in 2013

Click photo to enlarge Brandon Marshall, one of the named plaintiffs in a case against the hiring policies of Silicon Valley companies, died after being shot by sheriff’s deputies in Saratoga on Dec. 10, 2013. SARATOGA — Santa Clara County has reached a $2 million settlement with the family of a despondent Sunnyvale man who was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy outside Roku headquarters in …