Police Misconduct Blog

In December 2019, a jury in Berks County, Pennsylvania ordered Reading Hospital to pay $9.6 million in malpractice damages to a 15-year-old patient whose cervical cancer they had failed to diagnose in a timely manner. The facts of the case reveal that several healthcare providers ignored symptoms,...

It’s the day after Christmas and for most Americans, it’s another peaceful day to spend with family. Many are back in work although the week between Christmas and New Years Eve is usually more relaxed. For tens of thousands of inmates, it’s just another day in prison.
Unless...

Albeit unfortunate and tragic, it was really no surprise that Cachin Anderson killed himself in prison. There were ample warnings signs but had officials heeded those indications, Anderson, 33, might not have taken his own life on June 28, 2017.
The New York Commission of Corrections...

Last July 8, Philadelphia police sergeant Jason Reid, 42, put a handcuffed Ronald Wallace in the back of his patrol car. Reid was apparently unaware or did not care that his body camera was turned on, because the video showed him punching Wallace in the head, leaving the handcuffed man bloody. He...

The US Marshals Service is supposed to protect state and federal detainees while they await trial. But according to a recent Mother Jones investigation, the Marshals are running a vast, secretive network of substandard, profit-hungry detention centers instead.
The investigation tells the...

Over the last few years, the news has been full of stories describing how powerful men in various industries sexually harassed and abused female subordinates and coworkers. Now, imagine how much worse it must be for women who are literally held prisoner by their abusers. That’s the picture we...

By their very nature, police brutality videos are horrific. However, a video first shown on KOLD of a Pima County, Arizona Sheriff’s Deputy committing assault is especially appalling. The victim is a quadruple amputee. Yes, a man twice the size of a 15-year-old boy with no arms and legs...

On August 23, 2017, a woman, deep in the throes of alcohol withdrawal, checked into St. Anthony North Health Campus Hospital in Westminster, Colorado. Staff members saw her stealing medical supplies from the emergency room and notified the police.
Police officer Curtis Lee Arganbright, then...

When the most notorious inmate at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City managed to kill himself in August, his death raised more questions than answers. Jeffery Epstein, 66, purported purveyor of underage girls to some of the most powerful men on the planet, managed to hang himself...

On November 27, 2017, U.S. Park Police in Virginia opened fire and killed an unarmed 25-year old driver after a minor rear-end collision with an Uber driver. He drove off after the collision in Old Town Alexandria, and pursuit by Park Police ensued after the Uber driver called 911. Authorities have...