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Judge Approves Partial Settlement in 2018 Fatal Shooting by Kansas City Police
Jan 4 2022 // A federal judge has approved a partial settlement of a lawsuit filed by the parents of a man who was shot and killed by Kansas City police in 2018. Court records do not include the amount of the settlement paid to the...
Chicago to Pay Woman Nearly $3 Million over Botched Police Raid
Dec 17 2021 // The Chicago Council on Wednesday voted to pay nearly $3 million to a woman who was handcuffed while naked by police officers during a 2019 raid of her home. The unanimous vote to pay Anjanette Young $2.9 million was widely...
$3.5M Police Wrongful-Death Suit Settled in Washington
Dec 2 2021 // Seattle, Washington will pay $3.5 million to settle a wrongful-death civil lawsuit filed on behalf of the children of a pregnant Black woman who was fatally shot by two white Seattle police officers in 2017. Karen Koehler,...
Police Arrest Suspect in Shootings at Three Baltimore County Buildings
Nov 23 2021 // A person arrested early Sunday on suspicion of firing a gun at three buildings in Baltimore County appeared to be having a mental health crisis, police said. The Baltimore Sun reports that no injuries were reported in the...
Son of Black Man Killed by California Police Settles Lawsuit for $1.3M
Nov 19 2021 // The child of a Black man who was fatally shot by Southern California police in 2018 – and whose death spurred lawmakers to enact a state law that decertifies officers who act criminally or with bias – has settled a...
Boston Police Detective Who Alleged Sex Discrimination Awarded $2M
Nov 18 2021 // A federal jury has awarded $2 million to a high-ranking Boston police detective who said in a lawsuit against the department and her former supervisor that she was the victim of gender discrimination. The jury Monday after...
Georgia Man Wanted for Submitting Fake Police Report on Insurance Claim
Nov 16 2021 // Georgia authorities are on the lookout for a man who they say submitted false insurance claims for $42,000 in personal property that was never stolen. Arrest warrants have been issued for Tyrone Bernard Briscoe, 35, of...
Family of Topeka, Kansas Man Killed by Police Sue for $10M
Nov 2 2021 // The family of a man who was fatally shot by two Topeka police officers in September 2017 has filed a federal lawsuit against the city seeking $10 million for alleged civil rights violations. The parents of Dominique White,...
Allegations of Bias Against Kansas Law Enforcement Rarely Yield Sanctions
Oct 26 2021 // Kansas law enforcement agencies have received hundreds of complaints of bias over the past 10 years, but records available to the public show only two alleging racial bias resulted in consequences for officers, an...
Indiana Man Sues After Alleging Police Knelt on Him
Oct 21 2021 // A Gary man is suing northwest Indiana police more than a year after he alleged that officers sprayed him with pepper spray and knelt on him when they encountered him near a protest over George Floyd’s death. Randall...
Supreme Court Upholds Police Qualified Immunity in Two Cases
Oct 20 2021 // The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of police officers accused of using excessive force in two cases involving the controversial doctrine of qualified immunity. The high court found that in both cases, appeals courts...
Washington City Paying $515K Settlement in Police Shooting
Oct 15 2021 // The city of Seattle has agreed to pay $515,000 to settle a civil-rights lawsuit filed by the estate of Iosia Faletogo, who was shot and killed by police after a foot chase across Aurora Avenue North on New Year’s Eve...
Police Investigating Pair of Suspicious Fires in Vermont
Oct 12 2021 // Authorities are investigating whether two suspicious fires in Vermont are connected. One of the fires happened Saturday at an auto repair shop in Putney, Vermont State Police said. The blaze caused extensive damage to the...
Former Police Department Employee Sentenced for Bribery, Insurance Fraud
Oct 7 2021 // A former employee of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) was sentenced to 78 days in jail, to be spent on weekends, for accepting more than $40,000 in bribes in exchange for providing personal identifying information...
Jury Says Washington City Must Pay $3.26M to Men Shot by Police
Sep 29 2021 // A federal jury has awarded two men who live south of Tacoma, Wash., a total of $3.26 million for injuries suffered when they were shot by one of the town of Roy’s two police officers during a drunken joy ride in a...
Georgia Man Beaten by Police Officers During Traffic Stop Sues for Damages
Sep 24 2021 // A man who was punched and kicked in the head by Georgia police officers during a traffic stop four years ago has filed a lawsuit alleging the stop was unjustified and the officers used excessive force against him. Gwinnett...
Family Files Lawsuit in Police Restraint Death in Washington
Sep 20 2021 // The family of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died while being restrained by Tacoma police officers who have since been charged criminally, has filed a federal lawsuit over his death. Attorneys for Ellis’ sister, Monet...
Despite Police Officer, Firefighter Deaths, Some Still Resist COVID Vaccines
Sep 7 2021 // It was supposed to be a turning point in the coronavirus pandemic for Erin Tokley, a longtime Philadelphia police officer, Baptist minister and 47-year-old father of three. It was supposed to be the day of his vaccine...
Police Chief in Hawaii Sued for Racial Discrimination
Sep 3 2021 // A police captain on the Hawaii island of Kauai has filed a lawsuit alleging his police chief discriminated against him for being Japanese American, including an episode when the chief squinted his eyes, bowed repeatedly...
North Carolina Lawmakers Finalize Police Reform Bill Designed to Banish Undisciplined Officers
Aug 26 2021 // The General Assembly finalized a police reform bill on Tuesday designed to get rid of undisciplined officers at North Carolina law enforcement agencies while emphasizing mental health assistance for others. The consensus...
