Nearly six years after Cameron Redus was fatally shot by a University of Incarnate Word police officer, the wrongful death lawsuit filed by his family remains tied up in the court system. A spokesperson of the Redus family confirmed that the Texas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in December over whether UIW should be granted immunity from the lawsuit, a disputed point that has kept the …
12-year-old boy sitting on bed shot in knee during police raid, lawsuit saysThe suit claims the suburban Chicago officer discharged his weapon even though “it was obvious that Amir [Worship] was a child who was no threat to officers.”
Officers shot Julie Huff nine times while trying to take down Cedric Norris. Norris was supposed to be in prison in Texas when he robbed the Bank of Eufaula. Norris walked into the bank and shot and killed Randy Peterson.
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 …
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, …
A man whose clothes caught fire after he was shot with a Taser in Chesterfield County has filed a $95 million lawsuit against the police department. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch (http://tinyurl.com/z8xm4v4), the lawsuit claims that the department has unconstitutionally misused electronic stun guns for years, using them on people in handcuffs, the mentally ill and unarmed people on …
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.
Image 1 of / 6 FILE– Vigil attendees Thursday night wove flowers into a barbed wire fence where Jessica Williams, 29, crashed an allegedly stolen car into a utility truck before she was shot by a San Francisco police sergeant. Williams was shot on May 19, 2016. less FILE– Vigil attendees Thursday night wove flowers into a barbed wire fence where Jessica Williams, 29, crashed an allegedly …
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.
The family of a Louisville man who was fatally shot by two Metro police officers said those officers were reckless, malicious and grossly negligent. Body camera video released Monday showed firsthand accounts from the three officers involved in the deadly police shooting on Broadleaf Drive. The Louisville Metro Police Department has released body camera video of an officer-involved shooting …