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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 …
Publication • August 3, 2016
Filed under: Police
Toward a New Professionalism in Policing, National Institute of Justice, 2011 New Perspectives in Policing m a r c h 2 011 ~ HARVARDKennedySchool W Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management Nil' .I National Institute of Justice Toward a New Professionalism in Policing Christopher Stone and Jeremy Travis Introduction …
Publication • August 3, 2016
Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide, FBI, 2008 , . ALL INFOIUIATION CONTAn~D, HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 07-06-2009 BY UC 60322 LP/STP/SZ UNC~ASSIF'IED FO;R OFFICIAL USE ONLY Domestic Investigatiol1s a.nd Operations Guide FederaIBu<re~u of Investigation '(FBI) Decem.ber16,2008 .This.is a privileged document that cannot be released in whole or in part to …
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: …
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&rsquo;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.&nbsp; The case illustrates problems with the failure of police to release video evidence …
Publication • August 1, 2016
Black Lives Matter, Racial Inequality in Criminal Justice Report, The Sentencing Project, 2015 BLACK LIVES MATTER: ELIMINATING RACIAL INEQUITY IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM For more information, contact: The Sentencing Project 1705 DeSales Street NW 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 628-0871 sentencingproject.org twitter.com/sentencingproj facebook.com/thesentencingproject This report was written by …
Double Costs and Attorney Fees Award Improper in Civil Rights Action by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in an issue of first impression, held the &ldquo;double recovery of costs other attorney fees is just as impermissible as double recovery of attorney fees.&rdquo;&nbsp; The holding came in a case involving …
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.&nbsp; The second Circuit Court of Appeals …
$5.5 Million Dollar Award for Estate of Unarmed Ohio Man Killed by Police by On Ohio federal jury awarded $5.5 million against an off-duty Cleveland police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man. The suit concerns the March 10, 2012, death of 20 year old Kenneth C. Smith.&nbsp; He …
Brothers Win Further Proceedings in Police Excessive Force Claim by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held on Ohio Federal District Court erred in finding a plaintiff voluntarily assented to a Release-dismissal Agreement that barred a lawsuit against defendants for excessive force.&nbsp; The Court further held it was improper to …
Article • July 29, 2016
$662,500 Award for VA Man subject to Illegal Home Search and Tasing by A Virginia federal jury awarded $62,000 to a man in a claim police officers illegally entered his home and tased him. Marcus Mial called police in 2010 after his wife grabbed a knife and threatened to harm …
Article • July 29, 2016
$500,000 Jury Award in New Orleans’ Woman’s Shooting Death by Police by A New Orleans federal jury awarded $500,000 to a New Orleans woman who was shot and killed by police, but it found her 50% at fault. While driving without her headlights on during the evening of January 24, …
Publication • July 29, 2016
War Comes Home - Excessive Militarization of American Policing, ACLU, 2014 WAR COMES HOME The Excessive Militarization of American Policing June 2014 War Comes Home At America’s Expense: The Excessive Militarization of American Policing The Mass Incarceration of the Elderly © 2014 ACLU Foundation June 2012 American Civil Liberties Union …
Publication • July 29, 2016
Independent Review of the Officer Involved Shooting of May 11, 2009, Keypoint, 2009 REPORT ON THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING OF MAY 11, 2009 Prepared for Office of the Police Monitor for the City of Austin PREPARED BY: KeyPoint Government Solutions The Chrysler Building | 405 Lexington …
Publication • July 29, 2016
Filed under: Police
Rethinking the Blues - How We Police in the U.S. and at What Cost, Justice Policy Institute, 2012 RETHINKING THE BLUES: HOW WE POLICE IN THE U.S. AND AT WHAT COST JUSTICE POLICY INSTITUTE | MAY 2012 Mission: Reducing the use of incarceration and the justice system and promoting policies …
Brief • July 29, 2016
Del Real v. City of Long Beach, CA, Deposition of Robert Fonzi, Use of Force, 2016 Atkinson-Baker Court Reporters www.depo.com 1 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 2 FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 3 4 ANTHONY DEL REAL, 5 6 7 8 9 ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) …
Publication • July 29, 2016
Power Down - Tasers, The Fourth Amendment, and Police Accountability in the Fourth Circuit, Mance, 2013 CITE AS 91 N.C. L. REV. 606 (2013) Power Down: Tasers, The Fourth Amendment, and Police Accountability in the Fourth Circuit* INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................606 I. THE FOURTH CIRCUIT AND TASERS: OREM AND HENRY.................617 A. Orem …
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
$198,000 Settlement in Officers’ Excessive Force upon Connecticut Man by The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut paid a $198,000 to settle a civil rights action claiming police officers used excessive force during the May 20, 2011, arrest of Orlando Lopez. Lopez led police on a high speed chase after they tried …
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