by Christopher Zoukis
Jonathan Wilson, a 22-year-old student and resident of Middletown, New Jersey, agreed to a $290,000 settlement as a result of being wrongfully assaulted, arrested, and prosecuted by the Red Bank Police Department.
On July 3, 2006, Wilson attended a Fourth of July fireworks celebration near the ...
by Christopher Zoukis
David Hackbart, a Tampa, Florida, resident, agreed to a $50,000 settlement with the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a Pittsburgh police officer, after being cited for disorderly conduct when he accidentally gave the middle finger to the officer.
On April 10, 2006, Hackbart was attempting to ...
by Christopher Zoukis
After police in Brownsville, Texas, arrested a man for drunk driving and running a red light when tests showed that he was not intoxicated, the man sued for racially motivated treatment. A settlement was reached between the parties for an undisclosed amount prior to trial. ...
by Christopher Zoukis
Three attendees of a 2006 march against the war in Iraq held in Seattle, Washington, agreed to settle a lawsuit in which they claimed their arrests violated their civil rights.
On October 5, 2006, Brendan Dunn, Jacob Erwin and Ryan Tompkins decided at the last ...
by Christopher Zoukis
A federal jury found that Dunklin County, Missouri, deputies used excessive force against a man who ran a stop sign, and awarded him $35,000.
On June 11, 2006, Herman Taylor was pulled over by Dunklin County Sheriff Deputies Derek Lawrence and James Bullock after he ...
by Christopher Zoukis
After suing Texarkana Police over Fourth Amendment civil rights violations, a female truck driver was awarded $4,000 in damages by an Arkansas federal jury.
On October 25, 2005, long-haul truck driver Bobbie Green parked her truck at a truck stop for the night. On her walk ...
by Christopher Zoukis
Erik Pierce, a 32-year-old deaf man, was awarded $157,500 in damages from the city of Salem and Marion County, Oregon, over the use of excessive force and violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by local and county police.
On December 25, 2005, Pierce ...
by Christopher Zoukis
A California man, who was stopped, searched and assaulted by LAPD officers while he was walking home, was awarded $10,000 by a federal jury on his claim of unreasonable search and excessive force.
On July 4, 2008, Jose Magallon said he was walking home when ...
by Christopher Zoukis
Gloria Halcomb was awarded $250,000 in federal court after she was falsely arrested and subjected to excessive force by the District of Columbia Metro Transit Police.
On October 30, 2001, Halcomb entered the Union Station stop of the Washington, D.C., subway system. Upon entering, she was stopped ...
by Christopher Zoukis
A lawsuit filed over a K-9 cop attack on two street artists who were spray-painting train cars in Broward County, Florida, has settled for $175,000. The men, Humberto Pellegrino and Pedro Claveria, alleged that Broward County Sheriff’s officers Davis Acevedo and Gerald Wengert literally tried to feed ...
