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Eleventh Circuit Reinstates Florida Detainee’s Excessive-Force Claim Against Cop Who Sucker-Punched Him in Cell

Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022

Filed under: Excessive Force (Police)

Eleventh Circuit Reinstates Florida Detainee’s Excessive-Force Claim Against Cop Who Sucker-Punched Him in Cell by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On November 19, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit overturned a lower court’s decision to rule there was sufficient evidence requiring a jury finding in a …

New York Prison Guard Suspended After “Despicable” Facebook Post Mocking Buffalo Mass Shooting Victims

Article • June 6, 2022

Filed under: Internet, Racial Profiling

New York Prison Guard Suspended After “Despicable” Facebook Post Mocking Buffalo Mass Shooting Victims by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott Gregory C. Foster II, 46, a guard at New York’s Attica Correctional Facility, was suspended without pay on May 18, 2022, after posting a meme on Facebook that …

After 49 Years in Prison for a Murder in Which He Didn’t Pull the Trigger, Former Black Liberation Army Member Sundiata Acoli Wins Parole

Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022

Filed under: Prison/Jail Murders, Racial Profiling, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release

After 49 Years in Prison for a Murder in Which He Didn’t Pull the Trigger, Former Black Liberation Army Member Sundiata Acoli Wins Parole by Chuck Sharman On May 10, 2022, the New Jersey Supreme Court reversed a state parole board decision and granted release to Sundiata Acoli, whose involvement …

$11 Million Settlement Reached in Tennessee Suit Alleging False Arrest and False Imprisonment of Minors

Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022

Filed under: Settlements, False Arrest, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders

$11 Million Settlement Reached in Tennessee Suit Alleging False Arrest and False Imprisonment of Minors by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On December 20, 2021, a settlementwas approved by a federal court in a lawsuit alleging the illegal arrest and detention of some 1,500 children at the Rutherford County Juvenile …

Federal Jury Awards $1.5 Million to Black, Transgender Woman Falsely Arrested for Trafficking Cocaine

Article • February 21, 2022

Filed under: Transgender, False Arrest, Racial/Ethnic Bias/Profiling, Drug Possession versus Drug Trafficking

Federal Jury Awards $1.5 Million to Black, Transgender Woman Falsely Arrested for Trafficking Cocaine by Ju’Zema Goldring was awarded $1.5 million by a federal grand jury for false arrest. Goldring, who identifies as a Black, transgender woman, said that she was profiled and arrested by two Atlanta Police Department officers …

Criminal Sheriffs

Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Police--Excessive Force, Excessive Force (Police)

Criminal Sheriffs by Anthony Accurso How Unchecked Power and No Oversight Gives Rise to Abuses by Anthony W. Accurso On December 15, 2000, Derwin Brown was returning from a party when he was gunned down. He was holding flowers he had purchased for his wife, Phyllis, when assailants opened fire, …

City of NY Dept of Investigation - Report Examing the Use of NYPD's Body Worn Camera Footage, 2021

Publication • November 5, 2021

Filed under: Police

City of NY Dept of Investigation - Report Examing the Use of NYPD's Body Worn Camera Footage, 2021 The City of New York Department of Investigation MARGARET GARNETT COMMISSIONER Release #21-2021 nyc.gov/doi 180 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK, NY 10038 212-825-5900 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2021 CONTACT: DIANE STRUZZI …

Rice v. City of Roy, WA, Jury Verdict, Excessive Force, 2021

Brief • September 27, 2021

Filed under: Excessive Force, Shootings, False Arrest, Excessive Force (Police), Negligence/Reckless Endangerment

Rice v. City of Roy, WA, Jury Verdict, Excessive Force, 2021 Case 3:20-cv-05223-RJB Document 180 Filed 09/23/21 Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON ATTACOMA 6 7 8 DAVID RICE and ELIZABETH RICE, individually and as a marital community, and …

Rice v. City of Roy, WA, Final Judgment, Excessive Force, 2021

Brief • September 27, 2021

Filed under: Excessive Force, Shootings, False Arrest, Excessive Force (Police), Negligence/Reckless Endangerment

Rice v. City of Roy, WA, Final Judgment, Excessive Force, 2021 Case 3:20-cv-05223-RJB Document 186 Filed 09/27/21 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 DAVID RICE and ELIZABETH RICE, individually and as a marital …

Jones v. City of Syracuse, NY, Order, Unlawful Arrest and False Statements, 2021

Brief • September 17, 2021

Filed under: False Arrest, Probable/Proximate Cause, False Statements, Testimony or Documents

Jones v. City of Syracuse, NY, Order, Unlawful Arrest and False Statements, 2021 Case 5:20-cv-00340-FJS-ATB Document 21 Filed 09/17/21 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK _______________________________________________ ADRIAN JONES, Plaintiff, v. 5:20-CV-340 (FJS/ATB) CITY OF SYRACUSE; POLICE SERGEANT JAMES MILANA; POLICE OFFICER GORDON QUONCE; …

Casaccia v. City of Rochester, NY, Decision and Order, False Arrest, 2021

Brief • September 15, 2021

Filed under: False Arrest

Casaccia v. City of Rochester, NY, Decision and Order, False Arrest, 2021 Case 6:17-cv-06323-FPG-MJP Document 108 Filed 09/15/21 Page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK MICHAEL CASACCIA and MARYBETH CASACCIA, Plaintiffs, DECISION AND ORDER -vs- 17-CV-6323-FPG-MJP CITY OF ROCHESTER, et al., Defendants. APPEARANCES For …

Casaccia v. City of Rochester, NY, Decision and Order, Excessive Force, 2021

Brief • September 15, 2021

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, False Arrest, Excessive Force (Police)

Casaccia v. City of Rochester, NY, Decision and Order, Excessive Force, 2021 Case 6:17-cv-06323-FPG-MJP Document 108 Filed 09/15/21 Page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK MICHAEL CASACCIA and MARYBETH CASACCIA, Plaintiffs, DECISION AND ORDER -vs- 17-CV-6323-FPG-MJP CITY OF ROCHESTER, et al., Defendants. APPEARANCES For …

Watson v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, False Arrest, 2021

Brief • September 14, 2021

Filed under: False Arrest, Eyewitness Testimony, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment

Watson v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, False Arrest, 2021 DocuSign Envelope ID: 254553F6-25B1-4003-B483-9E75173F8F14 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION TIFFINY WATSON, as Mother and Next Friend of A.W., a Minor, ): ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) ) The CITY OF CHICAGO, Illinois, …

Thomas v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force Against Protestors, 2021

Brief • September 8, 2021

Filed under: Protests, Guard Brutality/Beatings, False Arrest, Excessive Force (Police), Pattern of Improper Conduct

Thomas v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force Against Protestors, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MARKEL THOMAS, Plaintiff, V. CITY OF CHICAGO, ET AL., Defendants. ) ) Case No. 21 C 421 ) ) Judge Sara Ellis ) ) …

$30,001 Jury Verdict Over Discriminatory ICE Notification Policy By Minnesota Jail

Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021

Filed under: Settlements, False Arrest, Enforcement of Immigration Laws

$30,001 Jury Verdict Over Discriminatory ICE Notification Policy By Minnesota Jail by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Myriam Parada was awarded $30,001 from the Minnesota District Court January 28, 2021 for false imprisonment in the Anoka County Jail. The county’s unwritten policy was to contact Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …

Ramsey v. Butte County, CA, Settlement, False Arrest, 2021

Brief • August 23, 2021

Filed under: Restraints, False Arrest, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders

Ramsey v. Butte County, CA, Settlement, False Arrest, 2021 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE IN CONSIDERATION of the agreement to settle this matter for the sum of seventeen thousand five hundred dollars and no cents ($17,500.00), Plaintiff CHRISTINE BRYAN, AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR K.R., a minor, MEAGAN RAMEY ("Plaintiff') ("RAMSEY" …

Garton v. Crouch, TN, Complaint, False Arrest, 2021

Brief • August 17, 2021

Filed under: False Arrest

Garton v. Crouch, TN, Complaint, False Arrest, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE JOSHUA GARTON, Plaintiff, v. W. RAY CROUCH, DAVID RAUSCH, BRADLEY NEALON, RUSSELL WINKLER, JOSHUA MELTON, JOSEPH CRAIG, DONALD ARNOLD, ANDREW VALLEE, and CITY OF DICKSON, TENNESSEE, Defendants. § …

Investigation of the Aurora Police Department and Aurora Fire Rescue, 2021

Publication • August 15, 2021

Filed under: Racial Profiling

Investigation of the Aurora Police Department and Aurora Fire Rescue, 2021 Investigation of the Aurora Police Department and Aurora Fire Rescue September 15, 2021 Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary .................................................................................................................. 1 2. Scope of Investigation and Methodology ............................................................................. 4 3. 2.1. Basis for Investigative Authority and Reason for Investigation …

Struggle-For-Power-The-Ongoing-Persecution-of-Black-Movement-by-the-U.S.-Government

Publication • August 9, 2021

Filed under: Protests, Racial Profiling, Prohibitions Against Protests

Struggle-For-Power-The-Ongoing-Persecution-of-Black-Movement-by-the-U.S.-Government STRU R E W O P R O F E L GG LACK B F ON O I T ENT U M C N E VER ERS O P G G . U.S GOIN E N H T O THE T BY N E M E MOV In the …

Prince v. County of Plumas, CA, Settlement, False Arrest, 2021

Brief • July 27, 2021

Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, False Arrest, Excessive Force (Police)

Prince v. County of Plumas, CA, Settlement, False Arrest, 2021 JUL/29/2021/THU 11:16AM PlumasEurekaCSD FAXNo.530 836-2963 P.002 FULL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF the total sum of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), the undersigned, ESTHER PRINCE ("Releasor-"), hereby release THE COUNTYOF PLUMAS, PLUMAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, GREG HAGWOOD, …