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New Jersey Student Receives $290,000 Settlement after July 4 Police Assault by Christopher Zoukis 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.      …
Article • May 9, 2018
Florida Man Arrested After He Flipped Off Pittsburgh Cop; Settles First Amendment Claim for $50,000 by Christopher Zoukis 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 …
Racially Motivated Traffic Stop and Arrest by Texas Police Leads to Settlement by Christopher Zoukis 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 …
Arrest of War Protesters in Seattle Leads to Civil Rights Settlement by Christopher Zoukis 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 …
Article • May 7, 2018
Jury Awards Missouri Man $35,000 for Traffic Stop Assault by Christopher Zoukis 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 …
Arkansas Woman Awarded $4,000 by Federal Jury Against Texarkana Police by Christopher Zoukis 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 …
Article • May 7, 2018
Deaf Oregon Man Awarded $157,500 over Police Mistreatment by Christopher Zoukis 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) …
Article • May 7, 2018
California Man Awarded $10,000 by Federal Jury After LAPD Assault by Christopher Zoukis 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. …
Article • May 6, 2018
D.C. Woman Awarded $250,000 after Assault by Metro Transit Police by Christopher Zoukis 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 …
Imprisoned for Offering Oral Sex: Ill-Founded Laws Criminalize People With HIV by By Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout | Report  Eighteen months ago, in September 2017, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) finally recognized reality, posting on their website that "suppressing HIV through antiretroviral therapy (ART) prevents sexual transmission of HIV." This was …
Article • April 19, 2018 • from CLN May, 2018
New York Times Investigation Spotlights NYPD Practice of ‘Testilying’ by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna An extensive New York Times investigation of the New York Police Department has uncovered that “at least 25 instances were found where judges or prosecutors reportedly determined that a cop’s testimony was likely untrue or …
Article • April 19, 2018 • from CLN May, 2018
New Washington State Law Removes ‘Actual Malice’ Roadblock in Police Prosecutions by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Two new Washington state laws have removed a statutory impediment to state prosecutors holding police officers accountable for reckless or negligent conduct. The measures eliminate the barrier of having to prove “malice” or …
Article • April 19, 2018 • from CLN May, 2018
Arizona Supreme Court Announces Defendants May Claim Both Self-Defense and Misidentification by Richard Resch by Richard Resch The Supreme Court of Arizona announced that a defendant is entitled to a self-defense jury instruction while simultaneously claiming a misidentification defense (he or she did not, in fact, commit the offense). In …
Article • April 19, 2018 • from CLN May, 2018
Filed under: Sexual Harassment, Defenses
Iowa Supreme Court Announces Indecent Exposure Statute Does Not Apply to Still Images of Genitals by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Interpreting the word ‘exposes’ in Iowa’s indecent exposure statute, the Supreme Court of Iowa held on February 2, 2018 that texting an image of one’s genitals to another does …
Article • April 19, 2018 • from CLN May, 2018
$175,000 Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Alleging Officers Literally Tried to Feed Graffiti Suspects to K-9s by Christopher Zoukis 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 …
Article • April 19, 2018 • from CLN May, 2018
New Jersey Supreme Court Interprets Criminal Harassment Statute to Avoid First Amendment Problem by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In a case involving a dispute between two prison guards, the Supreme Court of New Jersey clarified the kind of conduct necessary to expose an individual to criminal liability for verbally …
Article • April 19, 2018 • from CLN May, 2018
Prosecutors’ Offices Taking Thousands in Grant Money, Fueling Crackdown on Sex Buyers by Steve Horn By Steve Horn Investigative articles published on March 24 by the Seattle-based alt-weekly The Stranger and the online publication The Intercept reveal that prosecutors’ offices in King County, Washington and nationwide have taken hundreds of …
Article • April 19, 2018 • from CLN May, 2018
$325,000 Paid by Sheriff’s Office to Settle Fatal Shooting Case Over Not Wearing Seat Belt by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office in Florida settled the case of a 19-year-old man who was fatally shot six seconds after being stopped for not wearing a seat …
Article • April 19, 2018 • from CLN May, 2018
Privacy Advocates Concerned About Google AI and Pentagon Drone Surveillance by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Tech behemoth Google has signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) to apply its artificial intelligence technology (“AI”) to improve the recognition and targeting ability of its 1,100-strong drone fleet, raising …
Article • April 19, 2018 • from CLN May, 2018
Intellectual Disability and Wrongful Conviction in Death Cases: A Lethal Combination by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The death penalty is sold by its advocates as a crime deterrent or a penalty reserved for the most heinous of crimes. The reality is that the death penalty is often used …
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