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Handcuffed Woman Brutalized By Vegas Cop Receives $200K Settlement

July 25, 2016July 28, 2016 Asa J 2070 Views Accountability, Amanda Vizcarrondo-Ortiz, back injuries, battery, body camera, Body-cam, Brutality, clark county, Commissioner Steve Sisolak, copblock, copblock.org, Dishonesty, excessive force, excessive force lawsuit, face injuries, falsified report, Interstate 15, las vegas, las vegas metro police, Las Vegas Metro Police Department, las vegas police, Las Vegas police officer, lawsuit, lawsuit settlement, littering, loitering for prostitution, Metropolitan Police Committee on Fiscal Affairs, neck injuries, no victim no crime, Obstruction, Officer Richard Scavone, police abuse, Police brutality, Police State, Prostitution, Richard Scavone, Steve Sisolak, Tropicana Avenue, U.S. District Court

A woman brutalized by a former Las Vegas police officer after she was handcuffed during a January 2015 arrest, has

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Lawsuit Settled For $195K After Video Shows Cop Break Woman’s Eye Socket

June 21, 2016 Asa J 1304 Views Accountability, Adley Shepherd, broken Eye Socket, Brutality, civil lawsuit, Civil rights, compound fracture, concussion, cop punches woman in the face, copblock, copblock.org, dash cam video, domestic violence, excessive force, excessive force lawsuit, Eye Socket, federal investigation, fracture, fractured eye socket, Harborview Medical Center, Justice System, King County, lawsuit, Miyekko Durden-Bosley, negligent training, Office of Professional Accountability, officer Adley Shepherd, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, seattle, Seattle City Attorney’s Office, seattle police, seattle police department, Tomás Gahan, unreasonable search and seizure, video, Washington

The city of Seattle, Washington has settled a lawsuit with a woman filmed being slugged in the face by a

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Unarmed Man Shot In Head By Cop Wins $4.6M Settlement

June 13, 2016 Asa J 804 Views 103rd Street, Accountability, brain damage, California, cop shoots unarmed man, copblock, copblock.org, deadly force, excessive force, excessive force lawsuit, Ford Explorer, Inglewood, Inglewood police, Inglewood police department, Juan Jose Palma, Landon Poirier, lawsuit, lawsuit settlement, memory loss, National Tactical Officers Association, occupational therapy, Officer Landon Poirier, Police State, R. Samuel Paz, shot in temple, Sid Heal, unable to speak, unarmed man shot in head

A California man has received a $4.6 million lawsuit settlement for an encounter with an Inglewood police officer that left

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Lawsuit Prompts Retaliation After Deputy Grinds Woman’s Face In Gravel

March 22, 2016April 16, 2016 Asa J 2196 Views attorney Izaak Schwaiger, battery on a peace officer, California, choked, Chokehold, copblock, copblock.org, cops grinds woman's face in gravel, Deputy Grinds Woman's Face In Gravel, Deputy Marcus Holton, District Attorney Jill Ravitch, excessive force, excessive force lawsuit, federal lawsuit, Gabrielle Lemos, Gary Medvigy, Gravel, Izaak Schwaiger, Jill Ravitch, Petaluma High School, resisting arrest, retaliation, sonoma county, Sonoma County deputy, Sonoma County prosecutors, sonoma county sheriff's office, Sonoma County Superior Court, superior court, Superior Court Judge Gary Medvigy, suspicion of resisting arrest, unethical, vindictive prosecution, work-product privilege

A young woman that filed a federal lawsuit against Sonoma County, California after a sheriff’s deputy choked her and ground

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Cop Filmed Breaking Mans Jaw With Kick Resigns With $230K Pension

February 25, 2016 Asa J 1236 Views Accountability, ACLU, ACLU of Delaware, assault, Attorney James Liguori, broken jaw, Brutality, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, cop kicks man in face, copblock, copblock.org, Cpl. Thomas Webster, dash cam video, dash-cam footage, Delaware, Delaware Attorney General's Office, Director Kathleen MacRae, Dover Police, Dover Police Department, excessive force, excessive force lawsuit, facial lacerations, felony, felony assault, film the police, James Liguori, Justice System, Kathleen MacRae, La Mar Gunn, lacerations, Lateef Dickerson, lawsuit, NAACP, Officer Thomas Webster, pension, Police State, President La Mar Gunn, second-degree assault, superior court, Thomas Webster

A Dover, Delaware police officer indicted and arrested on an assault charge last May, escaped conviction following a jury trial in

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Lawsuit After Video Shows Beating Arrest Of Jaywalkers

February 18, 2016February 18, 2016 Asa J 1184 Views 6th street, attorney Brian McGiverin, austin, austin police, austin police department, barricaded street, beaten for jaywalking, Brutality, copblock, copblock.org, Equal Protection Clause, excessive force, excessive force lawsuit, facebook, federal lawsuit, film the police, Filming police, Jaywalking, Jeremy King, knee strikes, kneeing, lawsuit, Lourdes Glen, Matthew Wallace, music festival, no victim no crime, Police State, punching, Rolando Ramiro, San Antonio, shoving, Texas, U.S. Constitution, Update, video

A federal excessive force lawsuit has now been filed following the release of a video that showed Austin, Texas police

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Video Shows Cops Break 60-Year-Old Man’s Arm Over Alleged Roach

February 15, 2016March 2, 2016 Asa J 2795 Views assault, broken arm, Brutality, Burlington City, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, cops break mans arm, dash cam video, disorderly conduct, Drug war, end the drug war, excessive force, excessive force lawsuit, federal lawsuit, Jeremy Bright, lawsuit, marijuana, marijuana cigarette, marijuana possession, Michael McKenna, New Jersey, Philadelphia, police abuse, Police brutality, Police State, Route 130, Steven Kahn, video, Wawa, Wawa convenience store, William Lancenese

In an excessive-force lawsuit filed against Burlington City, New Jersey, a Philadelphia man says officers pulled him from his car, threw

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Delaware Cop Filmed Breaking Mans Jaw With Kick Escapes Conviction

December 9, 2015February 25, 2016 Asa J 1392 Views Accountability, ACLU, ACLU of Delaware, assault, Attorney James Liguori, broken jaw, Brutality, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, cop kicks man in face, copblock, copblock.org, Cpl. Thomas Webster, dash cam video, dash-cam footage, Delaware, Delaware Attorney General's Office, Director Kathleen MacRae, Dover Police, Dover Police Department, excessive force, excessive force lawsuit, facial lacerations, felony, felony assault, film the police, James Liguori, Justice System, Kathleen MacRae, La Mar Gunn, lacerations, Lateef Dickerson, lawsuit, NAACP, Officer Thomas Webster, Police State, President La Mar Gunn, second-degree assault, superior court, Thomas Webster

A Delaware police officer indicted and arrested on a assault charge in May, escaped conviction following a jury trial on

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Blind Man Wins Lawsuit After Cop Slams Head Into Counter

October 31, 2015October 31, 2015 Asa J 2520 Views Accountability, assault, Attorney Darold Killmer, blind man, Brutality, Civil rights, CO, Colorado, cop assaults blind man, Cop Slams Head Into Counter, copblock, copblock.org, Denver, Denver jail, denver police, denver police department, Dishonesty, Eagle, elderly blind man, excessive force, excessive force lawsuit, Featured, Greyhound Bus Terminal, Justice System, lacerations, Officer Kyllion Chafin, Philip White, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, rights, security guard, U.S. District Court, Vail

An elderly blind man that had his head slammed into a counter by a Denver Police officer after asking him

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Cop Slugs Mom Repeatedly In Face In Front Of Kids For Calling Dept. To Complain

October 5, 2015December 18, 2015 Asa J 4250 Views Accountability, battery on a peace officer, Brutality, California, Carlsbad, Carlsbad police, Carlsbad police department, cellphone video, Cindy Hahn, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, cops beat mom in front of children, cops punch woman in the face, excessive force, excessive force lawsuit, film the police, no victim no crime, officer Kenyatte Valentine, officer slugs mom in the face, police beating, resisting arrest, San Diego District Attorney, San Diego District Attorney's Office, Seat-Belt Violation

Video has surfaced showing a California woman being brutally arrested during a traffic stop after an alleged seat-belt violation by

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Suspended Deputy With History of Excessive Force Investigations, Named in Two Federal Lawsuits

September 24, 2015September 24, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1693 Views Accountability, aggressively stare, assault, broward county, broward county sheriff's office, Brutality, bso, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, David Brill, Deputy Gerry Wengert, Detective Davis Acevedo, Dishonesty, double-standards, Eric Schwartzreich, excessive force, excessive force lawsuit, fl, Florida, fort lauderdale, Harassment, Homicide, Humberto Pellegrino, internal investigation, Jeffrey Kogan, Justice System, k-9, kelly patterson, Kevin Buckler, lawsuit, Miami, paid suspension, paid vacation, Pedro Claveria, playing radio too loud, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, rights, Robert Arciola

Broward County Sheriff Deputy Gerry Wengert, a K-9 officer, is already suspended for investigation of excessive force has now been

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Lawsuit: Cops Broke Bones, Knocked Teeth Loose After Bicycle Headlight Stop

September 9, 2015March 1, 2016 Asa J 1326 Views Accountability, battery, Bicycle Headlight Stop, broken arm, broken elbow, Brutality, burger king, California, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, Coercion, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, excessive force lawsuit, falsified arrest reports, federal lawsuit, knocked teeth loose, Manuel Salazar, medical coercion, negligent hiring, officer Alan Reyes, officer Carrie Gordon, Officer Misconduct, paramedics, Police brutality, punitive damages, san jose, Santa Clara County, Santa Clara County jail, Santa Clara Police Department, unreasonable search and seizure

A California man is claiming in a federal lawsuit that Santa Clara County deputies beat him to a pulp after

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