The city of Austin and a police officer are facing a lawsuit over excessive force after a homeless man claims he was not engaged in criminal activity when he was wrongfully slammed to the ground by a police officer. Justin Tyler Scott was initially charged after he allegedly attempted to take a stun gun from officer Gregory White and use it against him in February of last year . …
A lawsuit was filed against Eastpointe police, alleging a brutal beating against a black man while he was restrained in a chair. That beating caused the man to lose vision in one eye – and it was caught on video. “If you keep acting like a child, you’re going to get strapped in that chair and you’re going to stay there,” an officer can be heard saying on the video …
A Houston man has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Houston and an officer, saying he is permanently injured because the officer slammed his head into a jail cell wall, causing him to bleed profusely. You need Flash to watch this video. Sorry, your browser doesn’t support Flash , needs a Flash update , or has Flash disabled.
A federal magistrate has set a Dec. 4, 2017, hearing for the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Antwun “Ronnie” Shumpert. Shumpert’s family filed the $35 million lawsuit after he was shot and killed June 18 by Tupelo police officer Tyler Cook.
A federal wrongful death lawsuit filed against a Louisville Metro Police officer who shot and killed a 28-year-old in 2014 has been dismissed. Officer Marc Christiansen shot and killed John Jolley, Jr. on Sept. 23, 2014. Police said Jolley was holding a gun when Christiansen shot him eight times.
A family has filed a federal lawsuit against the town where two deputy marshals will stand trial for second-degree murder. Documents show that the lawsuit was filed Thursday, Oct. 27 on behalf of the family of Jeremy Mardis, the 6-year-old boy with autism who died after he was shot six times during an alleged traffic stop. The child’s father, Christopher Few, was also critically injured during …
A lawsuit filed by a woman slammed to the ground by an Austin police officer, seen in dash camera video, has been dismissed by a U.S. district judge, Thursday. Austin police officer Bryan Richter, the officer in the video, and the city of Austin were named as defendants in the lawsuit. While the lawsuit against the city has been dismissed, the suit against the officer is ongoing.
The company that manufactures Tasers is knowingly putting “defective, unreasonably dangerous” products in the hands of police, according to a lawsuit from a teenager who was nearly killed by the stun gun. The suit comes just three months after former Independence Police Officer Timothy Runnels was sentenced to prison for violating the civil rights of the teen, Bryce Masters, when the officer …
The widow of a Lakewood police officer killed by friendly fire in the line of duty has dropped a federal lawsuit against the city as part of an agreement to collect $3.5 million in settlement claims. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Denver by Tamara Davies, widow of slain Officer James Davies, was dismissed with prejudice …
By Kristen Zambo Staff writer Follow @@kristenzamboPosted Sep. 1, 2016 at 10:33 am Updated Sep 1, 2016 at 11:58 PMFollow @@kristenzambo ROCKFORD — A Rockford police officer with a history of professional and legal troubles is one of three officers accused of using excessive force during a Rockford man’s arrest. An attorney for Torrey T. Turner, of Rockford, filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in U.S. …