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Article • February 16, 2018 • from CLN March, 2018
Survival Tip: Don’t Call Cops If You’re Disabled by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Because police are trained to shoot first and ask questions later, calling on them to defuse a situation involving someone with special needs should be a last resort. The problem is that when cops are trained …
Article • February 16, 2018 • from CLN March, 2018
$5.5 Million Verdict Against LAPD for Taser Death of Former Marine by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The City of Los Angeles has beenhit with a $5.5 million jury verdict in November of 2017 for the death of a former Marine who was Tased six times in a row by …
Article • February 16, 2018 • from CLN March, 2018
$9.5M Settlement Approved by Chicago City Council for Yet Another Excessive Force Case by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Chicago City Council approved yet another multi-million dollar settlement for excessive force on September 5, 2017, but this time, some members complained about the steep tab.   Jose Lopez was rendered …
Article • February 8, 2018
$25 Million Verdict for Shooting by NY Cop by David Reutter by David Reutter In 2015, a New York jury awarded $25.2 million in a lawsuit alleging a New York police officer’s excessive use of force in a false arrest. An officer using excessive force inflicted a gunshot wound that caused paraplegia. …
Article • February 8, 2018
Filed under: False Arrest
Florida Sheriff Threatens Arrest of Refugees from Hurricane by David Reutter by David Reutter A looming disaster from Hurricane Irma, which was the strongest storm on record, would seem a time when everyone would bind together to assure the safety of all. Florida’s Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd used the …
Bread for the World Institute - Mass Incarceration: A Major Cause of Hunger, 2018 BRIEFING PAPER NUMBER 35, FEBRUARY 2018 Mass Incarceration: A Major Cause of Hunger by Marlysa D. Gamblin Bread for the World Institute provides policy analysis on hunger and poverty, as well as strategies to end it. …
Article • January 19, 2018 • from CLN February, 2018
What Is the Number One Duty of a Police Officer? by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis There is an oft-quoted and deeply ingrained sentiment in police circles, one whose logic seems unassailable at first glance: The number one duty of a police officer is to go home to his or …
Deaths From Police Shootings Outstrip Deaths From Terrorists Attacks, Wars by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Frank Walton, a writer for the Daily Kos, asserts that data compiled and reported by The Guardian newspaper show that since 9/11, deaths from police shootings exceed deaths from terrorist attacks on Americans. According …
Massachusetts High Court Vacates OUI Conviction for Improper Jury Instruction in Which Judge Told Jury to Disregard the Absence of Any Sobriety Tests by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled that a defendant accused of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence (“OUI”) …
Article • January 19, 2018 • from CLN February, 2018
Oregon Supreme Court Rules Warrantless Entry Into Home in Effort to Obtain Nonconsensual BAC Evidence Not Exigent Circumstance by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that warrantless entry into a home to obtain nonconsensual blood-alcohol concentration (“BAC”) evidence did not amount to an exigent circumstance that …
Article • January 19, 2018 • from CLN February, 2018
Second Circuit: Arrest for Not Leaving Sidewalk Entitled to Qualified Immunity by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a lower court’s denial of qualified immunity to police for arresting a man for stopping on the sidewalk to speak with Occupy …
$5.5 Million Verdict Against Los Angeles Police Department for Taser Death by The City of Los Angeles was hit with a $5.5 million jury verdict in November 2017 for the death of a former Marine who was tased six times by officers with the Los Angeles Police Department (“LAPD”) while …
Article • January 19, 2018 • from CLN February, 2018
Confronting the Myth in Police-Suspect Knife Confrontations by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Each year dozens of suspects armed with knives are needlessly shot and killed by police who feel that they are justified in using deadly force based upon the “21-Foot Rule” contained in many department training manuals. According …
Article • January 19, 2018 • from CLN February, 2018
Yes, Lawsuits Are Expensive—But So Is Police Misconduct by Antonio Romanucci by Antonio Romanucci Last week, my firm, Romanucci & Blandin, secured the largest verdict ever in a police misconduct lawsuit in Illinois against the city of Chicago — $44.7 million. In an op-ed reacting to the verdict, William Choslovsky …
Article • January 19, 2018 • from CLN February, 2018
$44.7 Million Awarded to Man Shot by Intoxicated Chicago Police Officer With Troubled History by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On October 27, 2017, a federal jury awarded a record $44.7 million to a man, Michael LaPorta, who was shot by a drunken off-duty Chicago police officer named Michael Kelly. …
District Attorney in New York and Aide Indicted for Covering up Beating by Police Chief by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Residents in Suffolk County, N.Y. concerned about crime in their community did not need to look any further than the activities of their own district attorney, Thomas Spota, 76, …
Article • January 19, 2018 • from CLN February, 2018
Have the Wars on Drugs and Terror Transformed the U.S. Into a Police State? by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna "Security checkpoints with identification scanners guard the train station and roads in and out of town. Facial scanners track comings and goings at hotels, shopping malls and banks. Police use …
McBride v. Sanden, IA, Complaint, Wrongful Arrest, 2018 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA JOSEPH ROSCO MCBRIDE, PLAINTIFF, vs. JERRY A. VANDER SANDEN, individually and in his official capacity as Linn County Attorney and LINN COUNTY, IOWA, DEFENDANTS. ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Publication • January 1, 2018
Officer Shootings And Custodial Deaths, Texas Justice Initiative, 2018 Fact Sheet OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS AND CUSTODIAL DEATHS IN TEXAS 1. Where do shootings happen? Shootings happen where people happen. The vast majority of Texas shootings (89%) occur in urban areas, but the vast majority of Texas people also live in urban …
An Empirical Analysis of Racial Differences in Police Use of Force, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2018 NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN POLICE USE OF FORCE Roland G. Fryer, Jr Working Paper 22399 http://www.nber.org/papers/w22399 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA …
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