A federal lawsuit accuses Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp on Wednesday of disenfranchising thousands of minorities ahead of the presidential election, alleging that the state’s “strict matching” requirement for information on registration forms blocked them from voter rolls. The Republican Kemp’s office called it an unwarranted attack by liberal groups. But according to the suit, black, …
A federal lawsuit has been filed against Metro Police and Metro Government. It comes after two officers shot and killed Darnell Wicker on August 8 at the Broadleaf Apartment complex near Crums Lane. Police said he was holding a tree saw when officers fired.
A federal judge has dismissed the civil rights lawsuit filed against the Mississippi Department of Human Services by a Hancock County woman whose two children may have been sexually abused while in state custody. The plaintiff, Alexandria Faye, filed the suit last year in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. Faye said her two children, then 1 and 2 years old, were sexually abused and contracted …
A federal appeals court Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against three Round Rock police officers involved in a 2014 traffic stop that left a Florence man paralyzed, ruling that excessive force was not used despite the severity of the driver’s injuries. William Slade Sullivan, described by the court as heavily intoxicated, morbidly obese and handicapped, was severely injured while being forcibly …
Lawsuit also claims that a home security company overheard the killings through a phone in real time, but did not call the cops. Brandon Martin(Photo: Corona Police) 544 CONNECTTWEETLINKEDIN15 COMMENTEMAILMORE The city of Corona and Riverside County are being sued over the violent deaths of three men who were allegedly killed by a former pro baseball player immediately after he was released …
The man who created the TED conference is embroiled in a multimillion-dollar legal dispute over the sale of a TED spinoff. Richard Saul Wurman is an architect and graphic designer who founded TED in 1984 to focus on technology, entertainment and design. He created TEDMED in 1995 to focus on health and medicine, and has since sold them both.
A potential class-action lawsuit filed earlier this week in New York City claims Lyft has regularly overcharged riders for tolls there and seeks nearly $60 million in damages. In court documents submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, attorneys Neal Bhushan and Kevin Caldwell argue the ride-hailing service made a habit of charging passengers the higher “cash” …
A class action lawsuit has been filed in Buffalo against Governor Cuomo and the acting commissioner of the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities. The litigation seeks to end what is considered a “moratorium” on more residential housing for thousands of adults. WBFO’s Michael Mroziak reports.
Two Cleveland police officers under investigation for the November 2014 death of Tanisha Anderson responded Wednesday to a lawsuit brought 20 months ago by the woman’s family. Officers Scott Aldridge and Bryan Myers deny any wrongdoing in responding to a mental-health emergency at the home of Anderson’s family on the 1300 block of Ansel Road. Anderson, 37, suffered from …
Two women are suing a group of cops after they were forced to pull out their breasts and shake them during a traffic stop, according to a lawsuit filed this week. The women claim the incident happened around 2 a.m. on June 5. According to the lawsuit, the women were driving home when they were pulled over for allegedly crossing a white line.