A former Metro police officer who was fired over a social media post is now suing the city of Nashville. Anthony Venable was fired for a comment he posted on Facebook in reference to a deadly officer-involved shooting in Minnesota. In July 2016, Philando Castile was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop.
Detroit Police Chief James Craig initially said the officer who struck a man at least four times, including once in the face, with his baton during a violent arrest at Meijer in Detroit Oct. 8 was justified. “Our findings are somewhat different than when I first reported this matter,” Craig said Monday. Craig now feels the officer should have taken steps to deescalate the situation before …
A California college student injured in the Las Vegas music festival massacre filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the hotel owners, the concert promoter and bump stock manufacturers, claiming they were all liable in the mass shooting. The claims against MGM Resorts International, which owns both Mandalay Bay and the concert venue that hosted the festival, raise more questions about a timeline that has changed numerous times — and, according to Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, could change again. …
The family of a man shot and killed by a Little Rock police officer last year filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Thursday, claiming his death could have been prevented and questioning the way the police department handled its investigation of the shooting. Attorneys for the family of 46-year-old Roy Lee Richards filed a lawsuit against the officer, the city and the …
The teenage prostitute at the heart of a police sex scandal that rocked the Oakland police force has sued a second police department in California. Jasmin Abuslin, now 19, filed a lawsuit against Richmond, California on Thursday, claiming that officers on the city’s police force traded police protection for sex while she was underage. Abuslin, the daughter of a police dispatcher, was awarded …
The grandparents of 10-year-old Victoria Martens say she would still be alive if Albuquerque Police did their jobs. A lawsuit against the Albuquerque Police Department and the city claims police dropped the ball and lied about it. Her grandparents believe police missed a chance to save Victoria before she was murdered last year.
The families of four men murdered by “Grindr killer” Stephen Port are suing the Metropolitan Police for more than £200,000 over claims that police failed to link the deaths due to homophobia. Mr Port, 41, met his victims on the gay dating app before spiking them with lethal doses of GHB – known as liquid ecstasy – and dumping their bodies close to his east London flat between June 2014 and …
A day after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the controversial anti-sanctuary law, El Paso County Commissioners Court met in closed session to discuss possibly challenging the law in court. County Judge Veronica Escobar declined to provide details on the discussion, but did not rule out a possible lawsuit challenging the law that allows local police officers and sheriff deputies to question people on their immigration status. The law …
The family of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, the teenager who was shot by a now-former Balch Springs police officer, have filed suit against the city, department and the officer. The lawsuit by the Edwards family, filed in Dallas on Friday, claims Roy Oliver used excessive and deadly force while on the call and lacked proper training in his job as a police officer for the City of Balch Springs. Oliver was …
Texas lodged a preemptive lawsuit Monday against local officials considered hostile to the state’s new anti-sanctuary cities law, the first salvo in an expected legal fight over the controversial measure. State Attorney General Ken Paxton said the federal lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, is necessary to protect the law from challenges by liberal …