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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 …
Ingram v. Turner et al, TN, Deposition - Turner, reporting misconduct, 2009 1 1 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE WESTERN DIVISION _________________________________________________________ 3 4 JAMES INGRAM, 5 PLAINTIFF, 6 vs. NO: 2:07-CV-02798-JDB-STA 7 GLEN TURNER, ET AL., 8 DEFENDANTS. _________________________________________________________ 9 10 …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
$1.5 Million Settlement for CA Jail Prisoner’s Broken Leg by Ventura County, California officials have settled an excessive-force lawsuit brought by a prisoner whose leg was severely broken while he was being restrained by jail deputies. The $1.5 million award, while admittedly high, avoided both the high costs of attorney …
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 …
Hard Evidence of US Military Torturing Prisoners to Death Ignored by Corporate Media by By Peter Phillips Military autopsy reports provide indisputable proof that detainees are being tortured to death while in US military custody. Yet the US corporate media are covering it with the seriousness of a garage sale …
FTCA Claim Fails for Acts Committed Outside Scope of Actor’s Employment by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of a claim brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), holding the action could not proceed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because the Bureau of Indian …
Colorado: When Suing Private Prison under Common Law Tort, Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Not Required by Colorado: When Suing Private Prison under Common Law Tort, Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Not Required The Colorado Court of Appeals held that prisoners in a private for-profit prison could sue the prison company, in …
Abu Ghraib Torture Suit Proceeds to Trial by A federal court in Washingotn, D.C. refused an American corporation that contracts with the U.S. government immunity for alleged torture and abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison. Titan Corporation contracts with the U.S. Army to provide civilian linguists for military operations. By …
Torture at Angola Prison: President Obama promises to close Guantanamo, but a court proceeding in Louisiana exposes brutality closer to home by Jordan Flaherty Torture at Angola Prison: President Obama promises to close Guantanamo, but a court proceeding in Louisiana exposes brutality closer to home by Jordan Flaherty The torture …
Florida’s Juvenile Death Camps: A Painful Past Revisited by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Recent coverage of long-past abuses at Florida juvenile facilities has put a spotlight on the treatment of juvenile offenders. Reports by the Miami Herald and CNN have revealed that Florida youth facilities have been cruel …
California Jail Restraint and Tasering Death Settles for $3 Million by California Jail Restraint and Tasering Death Settles for $3 Million The surviving family of a deceased detainee at the Santa Cruz, California jail settled their wrongful death suit against Santa Cruz County and its sheriff’s personnel for $3 million …
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
Oregon Jailer Avoids Prosecution for Online Assault Boast; Jail Employees Lose Internet Access by Mark Wilson Oregon Jailer Avoids Prosecution for Online Assault Boast; Jail Employees Lose Internet Access by Mark Wilson An Oregon jail guard who bragged in an online forum that he beat a prisoner and then had …
$15,000 Settlement For BOP's Abuse, Conspiracy Against Government Informant by Colorado federal prisoner and government informant, David Merritt, brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1999 after federal guards and officials at the Florence Supermax (ADX) facility conspired to have him killed, violated his constitutional rights and …
$7,500 Settlement After Colorado Federal Prisoner Beaten At Florence Facility by Colorado federal prisoner Marion Bryant, Jr., brought a combined Bivens, 42 U.S.C § 1983 and federal tort action against federal guards and officials for excessive force in 1997. He alleged cruel and unusual punishment leading to injury, as well …
$10,000 Settlement After Colorado Federal Prisoner Beaten At Florence Facility by Kinson Celestin, a federal prisoner housed in Texas, brought a combined Bivens and federal tort action against the United States in 1998 after allegedly being beaten by federal prison guards at a Colorado facility and subsequently being denied medical …
Federal Prisoner Beaten For Refusing To Testify Against Another Prisoner by Minnesota federal prisoner Allan Parmelee brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against federal guards and marshals in 1993 for excessive force and due process violations after being needlessly beaten for allegedly failing to testify against a prisoner. The …
Pennsylvania Prison Official Settles Termination Lawsuit For Investigating Beating by Former Pennsylvania county prison official, Lt. Constance Bowers, brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit after being terminated in 2004, two months short of 20 years service to the state. She was allegedly terminated for failure to end an investigation …
$2,000 Settlement For Federal Prisoner's Lost Property And Legal Work by Wisconsin federal prisoner Joseph Davis brought a combined 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and federal tort action in 1997 after guards lost his property and legal documents, and assaulted him during a transfer to another prison. He claimed that he …
Article • February 15, 2009
Allegedly Beaten Federal Prisoner Settles For $75; Pays § 1983 Filing Fee by Brian Lane, a Bureau of Prisons prisoner, brought a pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action in 1998 after allegedly being beaten by USP Terre Haute guard Fred Thomas, Jr. The suit settled for $75 in 2000. …
Article • February 15, 2009
$5,000 Settlement For Leavenworth Guards' Unprovoked Beating Of Federal Prisoner by Illinois federal prisoner Kerry Dixon brought a combined Bivens and federal tort action against the United States in 1994 after guards beat him without just cause at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas (USP Leavenworth) in 1993. The …
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