A Montana man has filed suit against the City of Ronan, Montana, seeking approval as a class action suit. According to reports about the lawsuit, the lead plaintiff, Anthony Chaney, was at a bar when his brother, a U.S. military combat veteran, began experiencing a PTSD episode. To help his brother work through the episode, […]
A Pennsylvania man, Richard Pustovrh, recently filed suit alleging he was illegally arrested for using curse words in the presence of a police officer. According to reports, the man was involved in an argument with his employers, in September 2012, when the employers called police. When officers arrived, the man repeatedly used obscene language in their presence. One […]
A new report has surfaced, alleging that police in Miami Gardens, Florida have an illegal policy of stopping and investigating black males without any reason to suspect that many of those men are engaged in any sort of criminal activity. In the report, covering investigative reporting by the TV network Fusion, several interviews were released, including one […]
According to a lawsuit recently filed against the City of Aurora, Colorado, in 2012, the Aurora Police Department violated the civil rights of a large number of innocent motorists. According to reports about the lawsuit, a white male in his twenties or thirties robbed a local Wells Fargo bank and fled the scene in a […]
Last week, a former Beaumont, California police officer faced trial on criminal charges stemming from his use of a “less-than-lethal” weapon during the arrest of Monique Hernandez. In February 2012, the officer, Enoch Clark, pulled Ms. Hernandez over on suspicion that she was driving under the influence of alcohol. As the stop progressed, the officer […]
Former DeKalb County police officer Tarik Crumpton was recently charged in a 19 count indictment stemming from his arrest, beating and malicious prosecution of our client, Brian Peterson. On October 20, 2010, Crumpton was working an off-duty extra job as a security officer, at Dugan’s Sports Bar, in Stone Mountain, Georgia. As Mr. Peterson was […]
ATLANTA — By Jodie Fleischer The City of Atlanta has now agreed to settle a lawsuit with the victim of a police beating first exposed by a Channel 2 Action News investigation last year. “Just seeing that some justice has been done it was a big relief,” said Clemmin Davis, nearly three years after his […]
Story By Tom Jones WSB A man who claims a police officer planted drugs on him will have the charges dismissed one day before his case was set to go to trial.But the DeKalb County Solicitor General’s Office said the dismissal has nothing to do with a surveillance video Alphonzo Eleby said proves the officer […]
By Marcus K. Garner The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A DeKalb County police officer turned himself in Friday on accusations he illegally charged a man with having marijuana during a 2012 arrest. Officer Demetrius A. Kendrick was indicted Thursday by a DeKalb grand jury on the charge of violation of oath by public officer, authorities said. The […]
Story by Andres Jauregui Lots of people get intense cravings for fast food, but one Georgia officer’s alleged Big Mac attack might earn him some time behind bars — and we don’t mean these kind. DeKalb County police Sgt. Scott Biumi is charged with felony aggravated assault after allegedly pulling a gun on a customer […]