The Evanston City Council agreed to settle a 2023 lawsuit brought by a man who accused police department officers of using excessive force. After the case worked its way through federal courts for two ...

A family is suing a Salem Police officer and the city for allegedly using excessive force during a 2024 investigation into an ...

On Oct. 29, 1984, a White New York City police officer shot and killed Eleanor Bumpurs, a 66-year-old Black woman, during an eviction at her Bronx home. The shooting ignited a major, long-running ...

A Quincy man is suing three police officers for $500,000, alleging excessive force during a 2020 arrest. The officers deny the allegations, claiming the plaintiff resisted arrest and they used ...

An Akron police officer is back in federal court after he repeatedly punched Terrell Battles during a 2024 traffic stop, sending him to the hospital with a broken nose, concussion and lacerations to ...

The board that manages liability insurance for state agencies and awards settlements is reducing the amount of money victims of excessive force — like those in police custody — can be awarded in a ...

TONIGHT ON WESH TWO. BACK TO OSCEOLA COUNTY. A FORMER KISSIMMEE POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF USING EXCESSIVE FORCE LEARNED HIS SENTENCE THIS AFTERNOON. WESH TWO SPENCER TRACY IS LIVE AT THE OSCEOLA ...

A man punched in the face by an Austin police officer on Sixth Street last month has filed a lawsuit against the city and ...

One of the Minneapolis police officers under investigation for fatally shooting Jamar Clark was sued for excessive force, in a separate case, 10 days before the Clark shooting, the Star Tribune ...

The firing related to the deputy chief’s handling of the investigation into a now-jailed officer who brutally beat a man.

Madras High Court urges police to avoid excessive force, quashing CBI cases from a 2009 violent clash with lawyers.