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School of Secrets: Day care delays reporting alleged sex assault
POSTED 9:13 PM, JUNE 28, 2018, BY CHRIS HALSNE, UPDATED AT 10:21PM, AURORA, Colo. — Just before Christmas, “Jennifer,” a single working mother, noticed some disturbing new behaviors in her kindergarten-aged son. When asked why he was acting that way, his previously secret story began pouring out. According to a never-before released Aurora police report, an older […]
DeKalb County Finally Settles
We are happy to report that after false charges and false testimony by an officer who planted evidence on our client and years of litigation that followed, we received a wonderful order from the federal judge, which resulted in DeKalb County settling the case with a great result for our client and hopefully a lesson […]
DeKalb County Police Quotas Result in Arrest
By Bill Torpy – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 Officer Demetrius Kendrick, right, is accused of planting some weed near Alphonso Eleby, sitting. Eleby’s lawyer says the cop was trying to meet an arrest quota in the department. Just about anyone who’s gotten a ticket inherently knows that cops have to live up to […]
DeKalb Arrest Quotas Lead to Illegal Arrest of Our Client
By Rhonda Cook – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A frame capture from the store video shows Officer Kendrick, right, and another officer with Alphonso Eleby, seated, seconds before Kendrick claimed that he found loose marijuana on the ground near Eleby. Posted: 1:10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 Alphonso Eleby had stopped at a convenience store for […]
Dunwoody officer faces fourth police-search lawsuit
Posted by Dyana Bagby on September 1, 2016. A Dunwoody Police officer is facing a fourth lawsuit alleging an unlawful search and arrest months after the city settled three similar suits against him. Officer Dale Laskowski has been sued in federal court and accused of “unlawful seizure, detention and search” of Colton Laidlaw, who was […]
Our client files lawsuit, says Dunwoody Police officer violated rights
by: Mike Petchenik Updated: Sep 7, 2016 – 6:29 PM NORTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga. – Just months after the city of Dunwoody settled three lawsuits alleging an officer violated drivers’ civil rights during traffic stops, another man has filed suit alleging the same. Colton Laidlaw, then just 17 yeard old and a junior at Dunwoody […]
Our clients pursue claims against the City of Forest Park and FPPD officers for unlawful searches, strip-searches and arrests
By Kerry Kavanaugh, WSB Ch. 2: CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Allegations of unlawful public strip searches and bogus arrests by officers from the Forest Park Police Department are now detailed in a lawsuit against the department and the city. The lawsuit alleges the department’s specialized VIPER unit violated the Fourth Amendment rights of several people […]
DeKalb County Police Department denies quota system
The DeKalb Police Department denies using a quota system, without discussing of the officer’s specific allegations. The department provided a canned statement about officers and their dedication to the job. It sounds good, but it misses the point. It is not the officers who set quotas for arrests and fine generating tickets. It’s the administration. Most of […]
DeKalb County Police Department quota system leads to unlawful arrests
Story by Kerry Kavanaugh, Channel 2 WSB: A lawsuit against DeKalb County alleges the Police Department has a quota system which encourages officers to make bad arrests. Channel 2’s Kerry Kavanaugh spoke exclusively with a former officer who says if officers don’t make the quota, they face the consequences. The officer said while it wasn’t […]