Clouds pass above The Ohio State University’s football stadium, Saturday, May 18, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Richard Strauss, a now-dead Ohio State team doctor sexually abused at least 177 male students from the 1970s through the 1990s, and numerous university officials got wind of what was going on over the years but did little or nothing to stop him, according to a report released by the …
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the City of Colorado Springs and two of its police officers over a traffic stop involving two black men. The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of brothers Ryan and Benjamin Brown, claiming that they were targeted by police because they are young African-American men. (credit: ACLU) A video taken by Ryan …
Two women are suing four Hazel Park officers after they were allegedly forced to flash their breasts at the officers during a traffic stop earlier this summer, a federal lawsuit contends. But the local police chief says the allegations, while extremely serious, are just that — allegations. “It’s important for everyone to realize that for $75 and an attorney, anyone can file a federal lawsuit,” …
Fraud allegations won’t stop the Democratic Party primaries from rolling on in the Bronx — at least for now. A group of activists who sued the Bronx Democratic Party — claiming they were used as straw candidates for political posts — have not shown they will suffer enough “irreparable harm” to justify halting next week’s elections, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. But Judge Kimba Wood said in …
Jersey City has agreed to pay a city resident $14,500 to settle a police brutality lawsuit the man filed two years ago, court records show. In a federal lawsuit initially filed Sept. 3, 2014, Tevin Henry accused more than a dozen police officers of assaulting him after they ordered him to stop while he was riding a bicycle on Winfield Avenue at 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 1, 2012. Henry said in his …
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a lawsuit against a police officer who fatally shot a fleeing suspect can move forward. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision Aug. 22 finding Flint Township police officer Matthew Needham is not entitled to qualified immunity for the July 16, 2014, fatal shooting of Dominique Lewis. Lewis’ family filed the …
A 24-year-old woman who says she was stopped by Portland police, ordered out of her car at gunpoint and briefly handcuffed under the mistaken belief that she was driving a stolen car has filed a $49,000 lawsuit against the city. Officers used a spike strip to flatten the tires of her 1999 Honda Civic and had her back out of her car with her hands up before they realized their blunder: The …
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 …
Under the most optimistic scenario, the catastrophic gas leak at Porter Ranch might be plugged by the end of this week, according to a recent announcement by a California state official. However, other state officials and the SoCalGas company warn it could take until the end of the month. Ever since a natural gas storage well near the Los Angeles-area community of Porter Ranch ruptured on …