Jury Awards $3M to Family of Man Tased to Death by Ferguson Missouri Officer
On November 4th, 2016, a federal jury awarded $3 million to the family of Jason Moore, who died at 31 in 2011 after being Tased four times by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer while naked and...
View Article$525K Settlement for San Jose Victim of Brain Damage Inducing Police Assault
On Tuesday, December 6th, the City of San Jose, California agreed to pay Dawit Alemayehu $525,000 in settlement for permanent brain damage he suffered at the hands of San Jose police officer Jorge...
View ArticleDepartment Policy Reforms and $3.5M in Settlement for Family of KY Woman Shot...
On December 6th, 2016, Boone County, Kentucky agreed to pay $3.5 million and implement new police department policies in settlement of a civil lawsuit brought by the family of Samantha Ramsey, who was...
View Article$614K Settlement for Excessive Force Following Illegal NYPD Stop-and-Frisk
In July 2016, New York City agreed to pay $614,500 to Jateik Reed in settlement for his brutal 2012 beating in the Bronx by 42nd Precinct NYPD officers. Reed was 19 in January 2012 when he and several...
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Ziglar v. Abbasi, et al.
"...whether Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), provides a cause of action for Respondents' claim that the punitive and abusive mistreatment...
View Article$13.3M Settlement and Public Apology for Multiple 2005 New Orleans Officer...
On Monday, December 19th 2016, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu spoke during a Xavier University press conference convened to announce settlements in connection with several Department incidents of...
View Article$4M Settlement for Family of 2015 Los Angeles Police Department Shooting Victim
On May 5th, 2015, Brandon Glenn, 29, was standing on the sidewalk in California's Venice Beach when Los Angeles Police Department officers notified him he was under arrest with no apparent...
View Article$2.25M Settlement for Family of Cleveland Woman Asphyxiated During Police...
In 2014, Tanisha Anderson, a 37-year-old Cleveland woman afflicted with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, was suffering an episode when her family called the police. When Officers Scott Aldridge and...
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Investigation of the Chicago Police Department
Author: United States Department of Justice Civil Rights DivisionPublisher: United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division"The pattern of unlawful force we found resulted from a collection...
View Article$885K Settlement in Hartford, CT Police Shooting of Family Dog
In February 2017, the city of Hartford, Connecticut agreed to pay the family of Glen Harris $885,000 in settlement for the 2006 city police shooting of their 3-year-old Saint Bernard dog. Hartford...
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