March 28, 2022
DENVER (AP) _ Jurors on Friday found police used excessive force against protesters, violating their constitutional rights, during demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd two years ago, ordering the city to pay a total of $14 million in damages …
August 17, 2020
PORTLAND, Ore.– A rally by a small group of alt-right demonstrators in Portland, Oregon, quickly devolved Saturday as they traded paint balls and pepper spray with counter-protesters. About 30 people were participating the Patriot Prayer rally in front of the …
August 8, 2012
New York City officials have taken the unusual step of refusing to defend a police inspector. He’s being sued for blasting protesters with pepper spray during last fall’s Occupy Wall Street protests. Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna earned notoriety after Internet …
December 9, 2011
San Mateo, Calif., has agreed to pay $55,000 to the family of a 7-year-old special education student who was hit with pepper spray by a police officer. The city reached the settlement in the federal lawsuit filed by the boy’s …