Jurors in Florida’s Panhandle say a sheriff’s deputy did not use excessive force when he shot and killed an unarmed man in 2009. Jeffery Weekley’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in 2012. Authorities said the shooting happened as Walton …
A federal judge has reduced a jury’s award in a civil lawsuit by a Pittsburgh, Pa., man who alleged that police used excessive force against him during a 2010 traffic stop. The jury last summer awarded $105,000 in damages to …
Memphis’ mayor is asking the consultant who is helping the Tennessee city buy video cameras for police car dashboards to also look into purchasing body cameras for officers. According to The Commercial Appeal, Mayor A C Wharton Jr. says that …
The Minneapolis Police Department is facing 61 lawsuits alleging officers used excessive force that led to injuries, a figure that’s more than triple the 19 misconduct lawsuits pending against St. Paul police. Minneapolis City Attorney Susan Segal said the number …
Three police officers used excessive force in a deadly encounter with a naked and unarmed college student and can be sued by his family, an appeals court panel ruled Tuesday. The ruling from the three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. …
A Louisiana jury has found that a former city police officer used excessive force against a man he had handcuffed in 2007. On Friday a jury awarded $239,000 to Brian Townsend, who claimed he suffered a ruptured bladder when a …
A 55-yaer-old Eunice, La., man was awarded $124,715 in damages and related costs by a state judge who found that the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office and Eunice Police Department used excessive force when they arrested him in April 2009. …
Las Vegas police will pay $83,000 to a tourist who alleged officers used excessive force and broke his ankle when he was arrested while trying to stop an argument between two people on the Las Vegas Strip. The Las Vegas …
A U.S. Secret Service officer from Maryland has sued an Oklahoma narcotics agent, claiming the agent used excessive force during a 2008 search of the federal officer’s home as part of a steroids investigation. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday by …