excessive force

  • Former Law Enforcement Officer Sentenced To Prison For Beating, Pepper Spraying Restrained Inmate

    A former Pike County, Ohio, Sheriff’s Office deputy, Jeremy C. Mooney, has been sentenced to 100 months in prison and three years of supervised release for federal civil rights violations involving excessive force. Mooney, 49, was convicted by a federal jury in August 2023 of two counts of violating a victim’s constitutional rights by pepper…

  • Legal Action Looms As LGBTQ+ Community Leader Alleges Trooper Charged at Her During Traffic Stop

    Celena Morrison, a prominent figure in Philadelphia’s LGBTQ+ community and leader of the city’s Office of LGBT Affairs, found herself at the center of a troubling incident during a recent traffic stop. Morrison, along with her husband Darius McLean, who runs an LGBTQ+ community center in the city, are preparing to take legal action after…

  • Landmark Verdict: Colorado Woman Awarded Almost $4 Million After SWAT Team Wrongly Raided Her Home

    In a significant legal development, a Colorado woman, Ruby Johnson, has secured a monumental victory in her lawsuit against two police officers following a wrongful SWAT team raid on her home. The jury’s verdict, amounting to $3.76 million, marks a crucial milestone in holding law enforcement accountable for violations of state constitutional rights. The verdict,…

  • Federal Trial of Former Memphis Officers in Tyre Nichols Beating Death Pushed Back 4 Months

    A federal court trial involving four former Memphis police officers charged with civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols has been postponed for four months, announced U.S. District Judge Mark Norris on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. The trial, initially scheduled for May 6, has been rescheduled to commence on Sept. 9 following…

  • Lawsuit Alleges Georgia Doctor Decapitated Baby During Delivery

    A lawsuit has been filed against Dr. Tracey St. Julian and Southern Regional Medical Center in Riverdale, Georgia, alleging that a baby was decapitated during delivery due to excessive force used by the doctor. The parents of the infant, Jessica Ross and Treveon Isaiah Taylor Sr., along with their attorneys, revealed the distressing details at…

  • Police ‘Viciously’ Beat Hospitalized Woman As She Waits For CT Scan, Says Lawsuit

    A woman, Malia Ashad, has filed a federal lawsuit against several sheriff’s deputies, accusing them of assaulting her while she was hospitalized and awaiting a CT scan at the Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center in California. According to the lawsuit filed on February 1, 2022, Ashad was already injured when deputies allegedly punched her…