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Brief • December 28, 2023
Waid v. County of Leon, USA, Amicus Brief, Excessive Deadly Force, 2023 No. 22-15382 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT FREDRICK WAID, et al., Plaintiffs–Appellants, v. COUNTY OF LYON, et al., Defendants–Appellees. On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada …
Brief • November 2, 2023
Estate of Fanta Bility v. Borough of Sharon Hill, PA, Settlement, Wrongful Death-Excessive Force, 2023 Case 2:21-cv-04697-HB Document 81 Filed 11/02/23 Page 1 of 9 ___________________________________________ ESTATE OF FANTA BILITY, BY AND THROUGH : SIDIKIE KAMARA, AS ADMINISTRATOR : OF THE ESTATE OF FANTA BILITY : : Plaintiffs, : : …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Calls for California Sheriff’s Department Oversight After Jail Deaths, $30,000 Settlement for Botched Traffic Stop by By January 7, 2023, after the second death in the county jail in just over 10 weeks, a grassroots nonprofit calling for civilian oversight of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Department (SMSD) had rounded …
Brief • May 22, 2023
Pippion v. Hedden, IL, Settlement, Wrongful Death - Beating, 2023 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS LARRY PIPPION, as Representative of the Estate of Larry Earvin, Plaintiff, -vsSGT. WILLIE HEDDEN, LT. BENJAMIN BURNETT, LT. BL~ HAUBRICH, CAMERON WATSON, ASSISTANT WARDEN STEVE SNYDER, LT. TODD SHEFFLER, OFFICER …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
“Slap On the Wrist” for California Bail Agents Who Hired Bounty Hunter Who Killed Their Client by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins As of December 1, 2022, the CaliforniaDepartment of Insurance (DOI) had decided to let two bail agents keep their licenses, even though they hired a bounty hunter who …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Texas Prison Warden and Brother Charged with Shooting Two Migrants, Killing One by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye A warden at a Texas detention center and his twin brother have been charged with shooting two migrants, one fatally, in the town of Sierra Blanca along the Mexican border on …
Craig v. County of Orange, CA, Order Granting Attorney Fees, Wrongful Death (Excessive Force), 2023 Case 8:17-cv-00491-CJC-KES Document 280 Filed 02/21/23 Page 1 of 15 Page ID #:7704 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SOUTHERN DIVISION 11 12 …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Texas Prisoner Killed After Wounding Guard in Escape and Killing Family While on the Run by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 12, 2022, as Texas state prisoner Gonzalo Lopez, 46, was being transported in a prison bus to a medical appointment, he used a “prison-made knife and key” …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
San Diego County Pays $8.1 Million After Jail Guard Fatally Shot Fleeing Detainee in the Back by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On June 22, 2022, San Diego County agreed to pay $8.1 million to settle claims that a deputy outside a county jail chased a fleeing detainee and fatally …
Article • August 25, 2022
Teen with Toy Water Gun Fatally Shot by Off-Duty NYC Prison Guard by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott An off-duty guard with the New York City Department of Corrections (DOC) was indicted on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges—both first-degree and second-degree—in Bronx County Criminal Court on August 22, …
Brief • March 11, 2022
Pippion v. Hedden, IL, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death - Beating, 2022 3:19-cv-03010-CRL-EIL # 129 Filed: 03/11/22 Page 1 of 22 E-FILED Friday, 11 March, 2022 10:59:20 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS LARRY PIPPION, as Representative of the Estate of …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
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, …
Brief • September 27, 2021
Estate of Manuel Verdugo v. City of El Centro, CA, Order Granting Motion to Dismiss, Wrongful Death, 2021 Case 3:20-cv-02458-W-KSC Document 21 Filed 09/27/21 PageID.263 Page 1 of 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 12 13 …
Loury v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2021 IN THE UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ESTATE OF PIERRE LOURY, Deceased, by Tambrasha Hudson, Adrninistrator ) ) ) Plaintiff, , ) ) ) ) V. The CiLy of Chicago, CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER SEAN …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Federal Agencies Rack Up Nearly One Thousand Arrest-Related or In-Custody Deaths in Two Years, DOJ Report Finds by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A December 2020 report by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) found that federal law enforcement and detention agencies documented an alarming number of fatalities, including …
Alves v. Riverside County, CA, Expert Report of Jeffrey Noble, Positional Asphyxia, 2021 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA TRACY ALVES, Individually and as Successor in Interest for KEVIN R. NIEDZIALEK, deceased, Plaintiff, v. RIVERSIDE COUNTY, RIVERSIDE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, SHERIFF-CORONER CHAD BIANCO, DEPUTY SONIA GOMEZ, DEPUTY BRIAN KEENEY, …
Publication • 2021
Deaths by People of Color by Law Enforcement Are Severely Under Counted, 2021 MAY 2021 STRONGERCOMMUNITIES.STRONGERAMERICA. Special Advance Fact Sheet: Deaths of People of Color By Law Enforcement Are Severely Under-Counted Overview and Background Beginning in early 2021, the Raza Database Project,1 a team of volunteer researchers, journalists, family members …
Andre Hill - Columbus City Council Settlement Approval 2021 City of Columbus Office of City Clerk 90 West Broad Street Columbus OH 43215-9015 columbuscitycouncil.org Legislation Details (With Text) File #: 1267-2021 Version: 1 Type: Ordinance Status: Passed File created: 5/14/2021 In control: Criminal Justice & Judiciary Committee On agenda: 5/17/2021 …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Lawsuit Against Pennsylvania County Over Prisoner’s Death in Restraint Chair Settled for $3 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 14, 2020, a federal judge approved a $3 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by the family of a Pennsylvania jail prisoner who died after being held in …
New Details Emerge on Senseless Death in a Milwaukee, Wisconsin Jail by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Recent public outrage over the needless killings of Black men at the hands of police has led to greater scrutiny of the many instances in which people of color die either while being …
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