New York Times By DAVE PHILIPPS, APRIL 6, 2015 A Vietnam veteran who has waited years for disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs for claims of post-traumatic stress disorder and exposure to toxic chemicals filed a class-action lawsuit on Monday, seeking to force the department to expedite a growing backlog of benefits […]
By Ellen Nakashima – Washington Post (February 22, 2015 ) TALLAHASSEE — The case against Tadrae McKenzie looked like an easy win for prosecutors. He and two buddies robbed a small-time pot dealer of $130 worth of weed using BB guns. Under Florida law, that was robbery with a deadly weapon, with a sentence of at least four […]
Recent new reports indicate that at least 50 police agencies, including the FBI and U.S. Marshals Service, have begun using radars that can peer into citizens houses, without seeking warrants before doing so. According to a report by USA Today, the U.S. Marshals have spent more than $180,000 on the devices, since 2012, and the […]
icholas Dimauro, a former Atlanta Police Department officer, was recently convicted of aggravated battery and violation of oath of office. Dimauro was sentenced to serve five years in prison and five years on probation. The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office opened an investigation into Dimauro after one of our clients filed suit against him, the […]
The City of Atlanta recently settled a lawsuit stemming from abuses of our client’s civil rights by several Atlanta Police Department (“APD”) officers. The client was walking home from a MARTA station when he was suddenly confronted by an APD officer. Despite the fact our client had done absolutely nothing wrong and was not resisting in […]
Recently, a jury in Milwaukee, Wisconsin awarded the victim of an unlawful stop, frisk and strip-search more than $500,000. In that case, Leo Hardy filed suit against the City of Milwaukee and two police officers who searched him. Hardy claimed that he had been walking on the sidewalk, near his mother’s house, when two Milwaukee […]
A former Atlanta Police Department officer who beat one of our clients was recently indicted for beating another suspect in 2010. Nicholas J. Dimauro was one of three Atlanta officers who severely beat our client, in 2011. After the City of Atlanta settled a civil suit resulting from the beating, the Fulton County District Attorney’s […]
In the wake of the Ferguson, Missouri shooting death of Michael Brown, calls for more detailed monitoring of police officers are increasing. Recently, Channel 2 WSB reporter Rachael Stockton spoke with Atlanta Police Department’s Chief George Turner about monitoring of officers. According to Ms. Stockton’s report, the Atlanta Police Department is considering investing in body […]
A jury in a California federal court recently awarded the parents of a young man $1.9 million in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the City of Indio, California as well as its chief of police and a veteran police officer. According to reports on the case, the jury found that the defendant officer used […]
A man from Long Island, New York recently announced plans to sue Nassau County police officers for damages resulting from a beating he suffered at their hands. The man claims that he was stopped for a routine traffic stop and that officers became upset when they noticed he was recording the encounter. The man claimed […]