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Tear Gas: Chemical Cops Tear Gas and Pepper Spray Can be Deadly by Terry J. Allen Tear Gas: Chemical Cops Tear Gas and Pepper Spray Can be Deadly by Terry J. Allen, In These Times, May 29, 2000 The tons of tear gas and pepper spray munitions Seattle police used …
Article • April 15, 2010
The Big Three Chemical Weapons by Terry J. Allen by Terry Allen Each of the three chemical weapons used by the Seattle police—CN and CS tear gases and pepper spray—carries risks. The danger depends not only on how and on whom the weapons are used, but on the particular strength …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Florida Jail Death Ruled a Homicide; Investigations Pending by The Florida Medical Examiner’s Office called the March 31, 2009 in-custody death of 62-year-old Nicholas Christie at the Lee County Jail a homicide, finding that restraint methods and pepper spray were contributing factors in his death. “You could tell immediately there …
$6 Million Settlement in Beating Death of California Detainee by California’s Kern County agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit in the beating death of a pre-trial detainee at the county’s jail. The August 15, 2005, incident involved “as many as 14 detention officers [who] … beat, hit, …
Mentally Ill NC Prisoners Injured in Separate Incidents by Gary Hunter Timothy E. Helms remains paralyzed from the neck down following a confrontation with guards after he lit a fire in his cell at North Carolina’s Alexander Correctional Institution in Taylorsville. The next day, on August 4, 2008, Helms arrived …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Using Chemical Agents on Mentally Ill Prisoners Unconstitutional by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As the mentally ill become more prevalent within the nation’s prison population, guards and prison administrators face a dilemma when confronted with such a prisoner who is not conforming to prison rules. While it said …
Article • September 15, 2009
$3,300 Settlement for Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Jail Guards by Washington State’s King County Jail paid $3,298.53 to settle the claim of James D. Wilks, who alleged that he was subject to cruel and unusual punishment in January and February 2002. The complaint alleges that Wilks was not treated …
$1,000 Jury Award to Beaten Missouri Prisoner by A Missouri federal jury awarded a prisoner $1,000 on a state law battery claim. The award came after trial on several claims brought by Eugene Kenneth Jones-El for damages he incurred while imprisoned at Missouri’s Eastern Reception Diagnostic and Correctional Center (ERDCC). …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Prolonged Bench Restraint and Excessive Pepper Spraying Requires Trial by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a grant of summary judgment to prison officials in a prisoner’s lawsuit alleging Eighth Amendment violations when guards restrained him on a bench for 24 hours for refusing to accept a cell …
No Qualified Immunity for Pepper Spraying Alabama Prisoner; Case Settles After Remand by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that pepper spraying a prisoner, keeping him in a small cell for longer than necessary to gain his compliance, and not allowing him to …
State Where Claim Arose Controls Section 1983 Limitations Period by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a Wisconsin prisoner who sued for injuries under 42 U.S.C. §1983 that occurred while at a Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) facility is bound by the statute of limitations of the …
Florida Judge Criticizes State’s Efforts to Seize Prisoner’s Federal Civil Rights Judgment by David Reutter Florida Judge Criticizes State’s Efforts to Seize Prisoner’s Federal Civil Rights Judgment by David M. Reutter In a concurring opinion that affirmed the imposition of a “civil restitution” lien of $50 per day for a …
RM-9 Use of Force Manual, National Park Service, 2009 NPS000001 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Introduction Definitions Use of Force Policy Use of Intermediate Defensive Equipment Reporting, Supervisory Review, and Investigation 1. INTRODUCTION Commissioned law enforcement personnel are authorized to use a wide variety of defensive equipment and force options …
Another Murder by Florida Guards, Another Acquittal by David Reutter By David M. Reutter A state jury has acquitted three Florida prison guards in the murder of death row inmate Frank Valdes. The guards, Captain Timothy Thornton, Sgt. Jason P. Griffis, and Sgt. Charles A. Brown, were exonerated of second-degree …
Missouri Prisoner Wins $25,000 in Police Excessive Force Case; Attorney Fees Limited to $37,500 by PLRA by Missouri Prisoner Wins $25,000 in Police Excessive Force Case; Attorney Fees Limited to $37,500 by PLRA The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, following the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), …
Corpus Christi Pays $50,000 to Settle Jail Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim by Corpus Christi Pays $50,000 to Settle Jail Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim The City of Corpus Christi, Texas, agreed to settle an excessive use of force claim brought by a former detainee at the City Detention Center (CDC) for …
Rehder v. Huggins, TN, Complaint, Excessive Force - Pepper Spray, 2009 .-. . case 2:09-cv-02037-JDT-tmp Document 1 Filed 01/21/09 Page 1 of 6 PagelD 1 ·· · IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE lA.l:ES,E&N DMSION § § § W:\Rt5TQl'HEf2. R1;HPE& P-omo : (Ents aboYo …
Was Juan Mendoza Farias Beaten to Death by Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Guards? by John Dickerson On December 2, 2007, a 40-year-old man named Juan Mendoza Farias was arrested and booked into the Maricopa County Jail. Like a lot of people who come through Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s doors, Farias’ offense was …
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Own Records Raise Serious Questions About Inmate Juan Mendoza Farias' Violent Death by John Dickerson Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Own Records Raise Serious Questions About Inmate Juan Mendoza Farias’ Violent Death by John Dickerson Juan Mendoza Farias was handcuffed and alone in a jail cell when guards opened …
Michigan Jail Pays $145,000 for Vindictively Exhibiting Naked Detainees in Segregation Cell by Michigan Jail Pays $145,000 for Vindictively Exhibiting Naked Detainees in Segregation Cell Four former male and female pre-trial detainees sued the Saginaw County, Michigan jail for an outrageous disciplinary policy that forced them to sit in a …
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