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Arkansas Trooper Mistakes Mentally Disabled Man for Fugitive and Kills Him; Deceased's Family Paid $1 Million by Former Arkansas State Trooper Larry Norman pled guilty to a charge of misdemeanor negligent homicide after killing mentally disabled Joseph Erin Hamley. Norman had mistaken Hamley, 21, for an escaped fugitive, and shot …
Article • August 15, 2008
Massachusetts Family Awarded $600,000 for Police Harassment and City's Negligence by A Massachusetts family (the Kennedy's) brought a federal civil rights action against Billerica police in 2004 for harassment that began in 1991. A jury awarded the family $600,000. Policeman Frank Mackenzie answered a domestic dispute call at the family's …
Phoenix New Times Executives Arrested for Reporting About Sheriff Joe Arpaio by Matthew T. Clarke by Matt Clarke On the night of October 18, 2007, Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin, founders and owners of the Phoenix New Times, an independent weekly publication in Phoenix, Arizona, were arrested and charged with …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Illinois Man Falsely Arrested in Attempted Child Abduction Awarded $2 Million by A federal jury has awarded over $2 million to a man who was acquitted of attempting to abduct two young girls. In March 2001, a man approached an eight-year-old girl on the front porch of her home in …
Exonerated Montana Prisoner Sues State, Receives $3.5 Million by In January 2008, the state of Montana settled a lawsuit filed by a former prisoner who had been wrongfully convicted of raping a child, paying him $3.5 million. The settlement was the largest amount the state had ever paid for a …
Production Denial Of California Investigative Jailhouse Informant Misuse Documents Ordered Reviewed by Ex California State prisoner Thomas Goldstein sought review of an order denying him grand jury investigative evidentiary materials for use in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for wrongful conviction. The materials had a direct relationship to his …
City Liable for Retaliation Against Cop Whistleblower and Code of Silence by The plaintiff police officer reported misconduct by other officers that resulted in their suspension. At 943: "Blair had the right under the First Amendment to inform his superiors of misconduct in the police department." He was then subjected …
Article • August 15, 2008
Police Harassment Upheld by The plaintiff homeowners alleged that police officers verbally harassed them, intimidated them, occupied their property without permission, deliberately lied in official documents, and perjured themselves in official court proceedings in order to do the homeowners harm. This conduct does not "shock the conscience" as required to …
Article • August 15, 2008
Washington State Patrol Exceeded Authority Impounding Vehicles For Suspended Drivers License by Washington State resident Mark Potter appealed the dismissal of his class action suit against the Washington State Patrol (WSP) for wrongfully impounding vehicles due to suspended driver’s licenses. The dismissal was reversed and remanded for further proceedings. Due …
No Right to “Blue Wall of Silence” for Disciplined Cop by The plaintiff police officer alleged that after he had cooperated in an internal affairs investigation, he was overly zealously investigated when he was discovered in a car drunk. His equal protection claim is rejected. At 104: Put bluntly, Diesel …
Illinois Police Misconduct Investigative Documents Ordered Disclosed by Self-proclaimed journalist Jamie Kalven filed a motion to intervene in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for police misconduct which subsequently settled. The motion was granted and production of the investigative documents he sought was ordered. Diane Bond brought an action against …
Article • August 15, 2008
Denver Police Department's Blanket Denial of Investigative Records Ruled Abuse of Discretion by Colorado state resident Stephen Nash sought review of a denial of requested Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB) files by the Denver Police Department (DPD). The files involved police misconduct during the improper monitoring of Nash's activities, which resulted …
Article • August 15, 2008
Ohio City Settles Suit Over Police Cover-Up in Murder Investigation for $1.5 Million by James Cramer and William Nuss, Sharonville Ohio police officers, investigated the 1931 murder of Marie Schuholz and her roommate. Marie’s children believed that her estranged husband, Albert Schuholz, had killed her after she filed for a …
Brief • August 15, 2008
USA v. Eberle, MI, Mot to excl evidence, sheriff excessive force, 2008 Case 2:08-cr-20139-SFC-PJK Document 28 Filed 08/15/2008 Page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, CRIMINAL NO. 08-20139 HON. SEAN COX -vsD-1 JOSEPH EBERLE, Defendant. ______________________________/ MOTION TO …
Pearson v. Callahan, SCOTUS, Amicus Brief for Respondent, 2008 No. 07-751 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States CORDELL PEARSON, et al., Petitioners, v. AFTON CALLAHAN, _______________________________ Respondent. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE U NITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE NATIONAL …
Brief • August 13, 2008
Ware v. Town of Haverstraw et al, NY, Order, police public records, 2008
Article • July 15, 2008
Nevada Police Report Must Be Disclosed to Public by Dorney of Nevada, Inc. (newspaper) sued the Reno, Nevada Police Department in state court to compel disclosure of an investigation report. The trial court dismissed, believing that Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179A rendered all such reports exempt from disclosure to the …
Article • July 15, 2008
Three More Oregon cops Fall on Sex Charges; Protect and Serve, Just Not Kids by Three more names can be added to the long list of Oregon law enforcement officials who are caught engaging in sexual misconduct involving minors. On September 19, 2007, Brian Ferguson, a 7-year veteran of the …
Article • July 15, 2008
Cincinnati Police Misconduct Settlement Ordered Discloseable Despite Protective Order Or Confidentiality Provision by The Cincinnati Enquirer (Enquirer) sought production in mandamus of a settlement agreement which the appellate court denied in 2002 as exempt "trial preparation" records. The denial was reversed, and the Enquirer was awarded attorney's fees. A U.S. …
8th Circuit Upholds Dismissal of False Imprisonment Action by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s grant of summary judgment to Defendants on a false imprisonment claim. On January 2, 1983, James Buckley was murdered in St. Louis, Missouri. Ellen Maria Reasonover came forward as a witness …
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