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Illinois District Court strip-search case survives summary judgment attack by Derek Gilna Plaintiff Angelina Cianfaglione's Fourth Amendment claim alleging an illegal seizure and arrest, excessive force, and an illegal strip and body cavity search that occurred incident to a traffic stop in Edgar County, Illinois has survived a summary judgment …
Article • August 24, 2016
Second Circuit Upholds $286,000 Attorney Fees Award in $30,000 Civil Rights Case by Matthew Clarke On November 14, 2012, the Second Circuit court of appeals upheld the award of $290,997.94 in costs, of which $286,065.00 were attorney fees, in a case with a $30,000 judgment for plaintiffs. Deja Barbour, Shinnel …
$7,000 Reached in Taser Use on Disabled Vermont Man by Police by A $7,000.00 settlement was reached between Vermont State Police and the family of a mentally disabled man.             Timothy Bernier, 23, of Coventry, Vermont, suffers from Down’s syndrome, as well as other physical and mental disabilities. He was …
Article • August 19, 2016
$10 Million Settlement Reached in Seattle Police Excessive Force Suit by A $10 million settlement was reached between King County and the family of Christopher Sean Harris in an excessive force suit.             The case arose in May 2009 when Harris was wrongfully identified as a suspect in an assault …
Article • August 19, 2016
New York Men Continue Pursuit of Police Misconduct Lawsuit by A New York Federal District Court denied a motion to dismiss a civil rights complaint that alleged police misconduct.             Brothers Jose and Maximo Colon filed a civil rights violation claim against New York City and its police department alleging …
Article • August 19, 2016
Eighth Circuit: Officers Who Tased Arrestee to Force Clothing Change Immune by On September 3, 2015, the Eighth Circuit court of appeals held that St. Ann, Missouri police officials who used a Taser on an arrestee after she refused to change into orange jail clothing were protected against suit by …
Pennsylvania Arrest for Videotaping Cops Denied Qualified Immunity by Mark Wilson A Pennsylvania federal court held that police were not entitled to qualified immunity for "entering a family's home and arresting its owner for doing nothing more than attempting to videotape the officers' overreaction on her own property." Kia Gaymon, …
Publication • August 12, 2016
Failure of Special Prosecutors to Fairly Investigate Police Torture in Chicago, 2007
Publication • August 12, 2016
Increases in police use of force in the presence of body-worn cameras are driven by officer discretion, Ariel et al, 2016 J Exp Criminol DOI 10.1007/s11292-016-9261-3 Report: increases in police use of force in the presence of body-worn cameras are driven by officer discretion: a protocol-based subgroup analysis of ten …
Publication • August 12, 2016
Investigation of the Baltimore City Police Department, DOJ CRD, 2016 INVESTIGATION OF THE BALTIMORE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION August 10, 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………………………………3 I. Background ............................................................................................................................................................... 12 A. Baltimore, Maryland............................................................................................................................................ 12 B. The Baltimore Police Department ................................................................................................................... 15 C. BPD’s Enforcement …
Article • August 11, 2016
New York Man Paid $120,000 for Police Shove through Storefront Window by Mark Wilson A New York man was paid $120,000 to settle his claims that a police officer pushed him through a storefront window. On May 6, 2012, Brett Fasulo, 31, hailed a taxicab in Queens, New York. Soon …
Article • August 11, 2016
Fatal California Police Shooting Video Unsealed Over Police Objections by Mark Wilson Following a $4.7 million settlement, a California federal court unsealed the dashcam footage of a police shooting, over law enforcement objections. On June 2, 2013, Agustin DeJesus Reynoso's bicycle was stolen from a Gardena, California CVS store. A …
Brief • August 10, 2016
Gangwal v. Folster, PA, Motion to Stay Deadlines, Excessive Force Leg Sweep, 2016 Case 1:14-cv-02002-JEJ-SES Document 44 Filed 08/10/16 Page 1 of 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA SUDHIR GANGWAL, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No.: 1:14-cv-02002-JEJ-SES (Filed: October 16, 2014) District Judge: John …
Brief • August 9, 2016
Gangwal v. Folster, PA, Suggestion of Death, Excessive Force Leg Sweep, 2016 Case 1:14-cv-02002-JEJ-SES Document 43 Filed 08/09/16 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA SUDHIR GANGWAL, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No.: 1:14-cv-02002-JEJ-SES (Filed: October 16, 2014) District Judge: John E. …
Article • August 5, 2016
Philadelphia Man Awarded $65,000 in Police Assault by A Philadelphia state court jury awarded $65,000 to a man after finding two police officers liable for assault and battery and malicious prosecution. At issue was the April 2, 2013, arrest of Phillip Easley, 30, who walked to a store and offered …
Article • August 5, 2016
Florida Woman Awarded $75,000 for Excessive Force by Deputy by A Florida federal jury awarded $75,000 to a woman in a civil rights action alleging Palm Beach County Sheriffs’ Deputy Michael Woodside falsely arrested, used excessive force and violated the First Amendment rights of plaintiff. Woodside responded to call that …
Article • August 4, 2016
Meriden, Connecticut Police Officer Remains in Prison as Appeal Denied by Derek Gilna In May, 2010, Evan Cossette, a former Meriden police officer, pushed a handcuffed and helpless prisoner Pedro Temich backwards into a concrete bench, knocking him unconscious.  That was bad enough, but what Officer Cossette did thereafter was …
Article • August 3, 2016
Excessive Force Upon California Grandmother Results in $250,000 Settlement by Los Angeles County paid $250,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging deputies used excessive force during the April 11, 2012, arrest of Marguerite Boyd.  Deputies responded to her residence upon receiving a call from her grandson stating she threatened to shoot …
Los Angeles County Undersheriff Convicted on Federal Obstruction, Conspiracy Charges by Christopher Zoukis Paul K. Tanaka, 57, the former second-in-command of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and the elected mayor of Gardena, California, was found guilty on federal charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice …
Article • August 1, 2016
California Police Pay $4.7 Million in Shooting of Unarmed Men: Refuse to Release Video by The City of Gardena, California, paid $4.7 million to settle a lawsuit involving the shooting death and wounding of two unarmed men.  The case illustrates problems with the failure of police to release video evidence …
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