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Article • August 19, 2016
Oregon Deputy Arrests Innocent Man to Protect Family; County Pays $12,000 to Settle by "This incident is the most egregious abuse of power I have ever seen," said attorney Edie Rogoway, who represented an Oregon man who was arrested for reporting criminal activity of relatives of the responding deputy. The …
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 …
Brief • August 19, 2016
Gomez v. City of New York, NY, Order Denying Reconsideration, False Arrest, 2016 Case 1:14-cv-02621-ILG-CLP Document 35 Filed 08/19/16 Page 1 of 5 PageID #: 317 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------x JUAN GOMEZ, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER 14-CV-2621 (ILG) (CLP) Plaintiff, - against THE CITY OF …
Brief • August 19, 2016
Hawks v. Chicago Police Dept, IL, Complaint, False Arrest & Excessive Force, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-08236 Document #: 1 Filed: 08/19/16 Page 1 of 9 PageID #:1 /Y1 RECEI VED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DMSION (Enter above the full name of the plaintiff or plaintiffs in …
Brief • August 18, 2016
Turesin v. City of Sunnyvale, CA, Complaint, Unlawful Detention, 2016 Case 5:16-cv-04773-NC Document 3 Filed 08/18/16 Page 1 of 2 80.SUP'17JAN30PM 3:43 HAND-DELIVERED UNITED STATES DISTRlCT COURT Nonhern Disu·ic1 orCi!liforni:i ELISA TURESIN l'/ai111i{Trs) 1· ) CITY OF SIJNNYV/\IY. COUNTY OF Sl\NT1\ CL.A.RA CHIEF FR,\NK GRGI iRTN,\. PSO .T\JSTfN IS:iRK, l'SO …
Tenorio v. San Miguel County Detention Center, NM, First Amended Complaint, Harassment, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-00349-LF-JHR Document 128 Filed 08/16/16 Page 1 of 24 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO ESTRELLA TENORIO, Plaintiff, v. Case No. SAN MIGUEL COUNTY DETENTION CENTER, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF …
Article • August 12, 2016
$750,000 in Damages and Attorney Fees Awarded in New York False Arrest Case by On July 2, 2015, a New York federal court entered a settlement judgement for $250,000 each in favor of two black men who were falsely arrested for two armed robberies and spent eleven months in jail. …
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, …
Article • August 11, 2016
Chicago Driver Awarded $319,464 for Police Red Light Violation Crash by Mark Wilson An Illinois jury awarded a Chicago man $319,464 for injuries he sustained when a Chicago police officer ran a red light, t-boning his vehicle. On October 26, 2005, Melvin Conway, 43, was driving home from the Chicago, …
Article • August 5, 2016
Milwaukee Man Receives $506,000 Award for Wrongful Stop by A Wisconsin federal jury awarded $506,000 to a man who was stopped without reason and wrongfully arrested. As Leo Hardy was leaving his mother’s home, Milwaukee police officers Michael Gasser and Keith Garland, Jr., stopped him on March 13, 2012, for …
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 5, 2016
Federal and State Officers Face Liability for Framing Drug Defendants by The Sixth Circuit Court of appeals reversed an Ohio federal district court’s order that disposed of claims related to federal and state law enforcement officers framing two men on drug charges in Operation Turnaround. Before the court was the …
HRDC Represents Former Illinois Prisoner in Wrongful Conviction Suit by Derek Gilna Over the years, Prison Legal News and its parent non-profit organization, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), have filed dozens of censorship lawsuits against state prison systems and county jails, as well as numerous public records suits. [See: …
Article • July 29, 2016
New York Man Falsely Charged with Crimes Awarded $560,000 by A New York federal jury awarded $560,000 in compensatory and punitive damages against police officers in a civil rights action brought by a man who had previously been acquitted of drug and firearm charges.  The second Circuit Court of Appeals …
Article • July 28, 2016
$490,000 Settlement for Philadelphia Man Injured during Rough Police Transport by The City of Philadelphia paid $490,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging unlawful arrest and injuries suffered during a police transport. James McKenna, 34, was at a bar on June 23, 2011, with his girlfriend when his offer of complimentary …
Article • July 28, 2016
$52,500 Settlement for Man Wrongfully Arrested During New York City Protest by The City of New York paid $52,500 to a man who was falsely arrested on October 14, 2011, during the Occupy Wall Street Movement (OWSM). Eric J. Russell was a participant in the OWSM.  He alleged that at …
Brief • July 28, 2016
Orr v. California, 9th Circuit, ACLU Amicus Brief, Police False Arrest, 2016 Nos. 15-16514, 16-15014, 16-15109 (Consolidated Appeals) UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT HARRISON ORR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TERRENCE PLUMB, Officer, California Highway Patrol Defendant-Appellant, and JAY BRAME, Officer, California Highway Patrol, CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL, and STATE …
Brief • July 19, 2016
Zavala v. City of Hopkins, MN, Settlement Agreement, Wrong Name Wrongful Arrest, 2016 GENERAL RELEASE The undersigned, Bartolo Torres Zavala, for the sole consideration of Sixty Seven Thousand, Five Hundred and 00/100 Dollars ($67 ,500.00) paid to him, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, does release and forever discharge …
Brief • July 14, 2016
Tchatat v. City of New York, NY, Opinion and Order, Expert Testimony, 2016 Case 1:14-cv-02385-LGS-GWG Document 292 Filed 08/01/16 Page 1 of 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------X JOSIAS TCHATAT, : : Plaintiff, OPINION AND ORDER 14 Civ. 2385 (LGS) (GWG) : -v.: CITY OF …
An Empirical Analysis of Racial Differences in Police Use of Force, National Bureau of Economic Research,2016 NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN POLICE USE OF FORCE Roland G. Fryer, Jr Working Paper 22399 http://www.nber.org/papers/w22399 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 …
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