Police Misconduct Blog

Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Brett A. Kassabian said he is considering dismissing charges against a county police officer who allegedly tasered and punched a disoriented Black man immediately after arriving at a call scene in June 2020. Police body camera video from another officer’s...

The Harnett, North Carolina County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to a $6 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by six families alleging excessive force by members of the department. The amount is the maximum payout permitted under the Sheriff’s Office’s insurance policy.
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The family of Terrell Johnson, a 24-year old Black man shot and killed by a Portland police officer four years ago, agreed to a settlement in court in May. In 2019, his mother, Alicia Johnson, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city.
The lawsuit alleged that had the police officer...

Videos continue to capture the deaths of unarmed black people by law enforcement. In New Jersey, a state trooper shot and killed an unarmed black man on May 23, just two days before George Floyd literally succumbing to the pressure of a Minneapolis police officer’s knee on his...

On June 7, Governor Phil Murphy ordered the closure of the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility (EMCF), New Jersey’s only state prison for women. The move comes after the Governor’s office released its findings about a brutal cell extraction that took place on January 11. The incident led...

A Louisville, Kentucky barbecue restaurant owner lost his life due to police response over a curfew violation. Since the officers involved did not have their body cameras activated, the police chief lost his job. David McAtee, 53, the African-American owner of YaYa’s BBQ, was shot and killed...

When misconduct forces a police officer to leave a job, little stops them from getting another position in law enforcement. Many problem police soon find work in other states or move from larger to smaller departments in their own state. Keeping track of problem police is not easy, but a database...

In 2019, Tyrique Tookes, 18, complained of chest pains while in custody at Georgia’s Fulton County Jail (FCJ). Days later, he was dead. His family filed a lawsuit in May 2021 alleging medical neglect on the part of the facility’s healthcare workers was the cause of his...

The city of Columbus, Ohio’s state capital, has agreed to pay the family of Andre Hill $10 million after the unarmed Black man was shot and killed by a police officer. It is the largest settlement in Columbus history. The city attorney said that while the money could not bring Hill back,...

A New York City Department of Corrections captain was indicted on April 26 on charges of criminally negligent homicide and filing false reports. Rebecca Hillman, 38, a captain at Manhattan’s notorious Manhattan Detention Complex, better known as The Tombs, allegedly believed inmate Ryan...