excessive force
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Body Camera of Chicago Cop Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Teen Was Not Recording During Incident: Police
The family of Paul O’Neal, the 18-year-old who was shot in the back and killed by police last week, is filing a federal civil rights lawsuit, an attorney for the family announced Monday, CBS Chicago reports. The wrongful death lawsuit claims that officers effectively “executed” O’Neal, who was a suspect in a car theft. “Paul O’Neal’s…
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Video Shows Texas Police Throwing Black Schoolteacher to the Ground Twice
Officials in Austin, Texas, are investigating the violent arrest last year of a black elementary school teacher who was slammed to the ground twice during a traffic stop, the Austin American-Statesman reports. Also under investigation are comments apparently made by an officer who can be heard on video telling the teacher, Breaion King, that black people…
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Family of Darrius Stewart Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The family of Darrius Stewart, a black teen who was shot and killed by a Memphis, Tenn., police officer in the aftermath of a traffic stop, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, WREG reports. According to the news station, lawyers representing the family believe that a lawsuit is the only way to…
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Video Appears to Show Alva Braziel With His Hands Up Prior to Being Shot by Police
Alva Braziel was shot and killed by police in Texas early Saturday morning. Houston police said Braziel was waving a gun when they approached him. Authorities said the officers gave multiple commands for him to drop the weapon, but Braziel, they said, pointed his gun at officers, prompting them to discharge their weapons, ultimately killing Braziel.…
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La. Politician Calls for Justice Department Investigation Into Shooting Death of Alton Sterling
Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.) is asking that the Department of Justice look into the shooting death of Alton Sterling, who was fatally shot as he lay on the ground with two Baton Rouge, La., police officers on top of him, CNN reports. Sterling’s death, the latest in the seemingly endless string of police-involved altercations, sparked…
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Report: Okla. Inmate Died After Being Strangled by Jailers
A Caddo County, Okla., jail inmate died after being strangled when jailers put him in a neck hold, The Frontier reports. Darius Randell Robinson, 41, died April 5, just a few days after being arrested on warrants for unpaid child support, the site notes. Jailers initially said that Robinson had tried to escape his cell…
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Viral Video of Wis. Mall Arrest of Teen Sparks Protests, Internal Review
Family and friends of an 18-year-old Wisconsin woman are asking that charges against her be dropped since video of her controversial arrest went viral, WKOW reports. Genele Laird, 18, is facing charges of disorderly conduct while armed, resisting police (causing injury), battery to a police officer and discharging bodily fluids after an incident that occurred at…
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Chicago Police Launch Internal Investigation After Facebook Video Shows Officer Punching a Man
Chicago police have opened an internal investigation after video of a man being repeatedly punched by an officer was posted to Facebook on Sunday, WGN-TV reports. The video was posted by Maurice Fulson, who said he saw the officer tackle 22-year-old Robert Foreman just before the cop started throwing punches. “He was down, you can see…
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Video of Mo. Cop Using Taser on Teen for Over 20 Seconds Released
On Monday a federal judge released the police dashcam video showing a now-former Independence, Mo., police officer using excessive force during the 2014 traffic-stop arrest of then-17-year-old Bryce Masters, the Kansas City Star reports. The video of the Sept. 14, 2014, arrest shows then-Officer Timothy N. Runnels using a stun gun on Bryce for more…
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Chicago Man Who Filed Lawsuit Against Cops for $15,000,000 Arrested on Murder Warrant
Dominiq Greer of the Englewood section of Chicago had just wrapped up a Wednesday news conference where he announced a $15 million federal lawsuit after being shot seven times by Chicago police two years ago. As Greer sat waiting for a ride from the news conference, he was instead picked up by police and arrested…