List of cases of police brutality in the United States

Contents 1 Arizona 2 Arkansas 3 California 4 Colorado 5 Florida 6 Georgia 7 Idaho 8 Illinois 9 Indiana 10 Kansas 11 Louisiana 12 Maryland 13 Michigan 14 Minnesota 15 Mississippi 16 Missouri 17 New Jersey 18 New York 19 Oklahoma 20 Ohio 21 Oregon 22 Pennsylvania 23 South Carolina 24 Tennessee 25 Texas 26 Virginia 27 Washington State 28 Washington D.C. 29 Wisconsin 30 See also 31 References

The following is a compilation of cases of police brutality in the United States allegedly committed by members of various local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.

Arizona

• May 5, 2011: Former Iraq veteran Jose Guerena was shot to death by Pima County Sheriff SWAT officers. They suspected Guerena of being part of a drug dealing operation (he was not involved). The officers prevented the ambulance from getting Guerena medical attention until they searched the house. The officers even pointed their guns at Guerena's wife and 4-year-old son. Despite that dozens of neighbors testified that the officers never knocked or identified themselves when they entered the house, the SWAT team was cleared of any wrongdoing and never apologized to Guerena's family. Neighbors also said that the SWAT officers burst into their houses after the shooting and intimidated them, which the officers deny.^[1] The family has filed a $20 million lawsuit against the city and police.

• September 17, 2008: Phoenix police officers arrived at the home of Tony Arambula, when Arambula reported an intruder in his house. Officers arrived and saw Arambula with a gun in hand, and mistook him for the intruder and shot him six times. The police claimed that Arambula turned to them and pointed the gun at them, but Arambula said he was facing away from them. After getting the situation under control, the intruder was arrested and Arambula was taken to a hospital. Despite the medical exams and the 911 call that confirm Arambula's version of the story, the police insist the officers did nothing wrong. The Arambula family has filed a lawsuit for 5.75 million dollars against the police, citing that the officers let the intruder go with a warning and never investigated the matter further, mistreated Arambula after taking him out of the house, tried to frame Arambula on false charges, and covered-up the incident.^[2]

Arkansas

• March 7, 2006: Joseph Erin Hamley, a mentally disabled man, was shot and killed by state trooper Larry Norman while laying supine on the ground. Norman mistook Hamley for a fugitive. Norman later pleaded guilty to negligent homicide and was sentenced to 90 days in jail. The Hamley estate accepted a $1 million legal settlement from the state.^[3] Although the Arkansas State Police expressed regret for the shooting of Hamley, they deny any wrongdoing as part of the settlement.

California

• October 22, 2011: Michael Lee Nida II was shot several times in the back by The Downey Police Department who is under heavy scrutiny after the second officer-involved shooting this month leaving many local residents with more questions than answers. Michael was shot to his death when a Police Officer opened fire on him using an MP5 Submachine gun. This was the second time in 10 years that Downey killed an innocent man using an MP5 Submachine gun. At about 7:15 p.m. as his wife pumped gas near Paramount Boulevard and Imperial Highway, Nida, according to family, walked across the street to purchase cigarettes. That's when he was confronted by Downey Police. For news story click here.

• July 5, 2011: Kelly Thomas was a 37 year old homeless man suffering from schizophrenia and living on the streets of Fullerton, California. He was fatally beaten by members of the Fullerton Police Department. He passed away from his injuries on the 10th of July 2011. Unarmed and mentally ill, Thomas was shocked with tasers and beaten with flashlights by up to six police officers. An investigation into the beating has been launched and the FBI has become involved. A protest over the beating was held outside the Fullerton Police Department on 18 July 2011.^[4] Four officers have been suspended and two have been charged with second degree murder and manslaughter.

• December 12, 2010: Several Long Beach police officers, with rifles and shotguns drawn, shot Doug Zerby 21 times, killing him instantly. Zerby was allegedly intoxicated and wielding what appeared to be a gun (it turned out to be a black metal-tipped water nozzle). The police were on the scene for around fifteen minutes and never identified themselves before shooting Zerby. The police claimed the use of force was necessary, but the family and public disagreed. The family filed a wrongful death suit against the police department when the police refused to release the names of the officers and the autopsy report.^[5]

• May 13, 2009: After a chase led by a units of the El Monte Police Department ended, suspect Richard Rodriguez took off on foot only to find himself at a dead end. As he saw the police coming and realized he was cornered, he laid down on the ground in submission. Officer George Fierro, the first to arrive, kicked Rodriguez in the head. After a few moments, 3 additional officers arrived on scene, and Officer Fierro gave one of them a high five. The entire scene was capture on video and later publicized. The officer was suspended.^[6]

• January 1, 2009: Oscar Grant, was shot in the back and killed by Officer Johannes Mehserle while on the ground at BART station in Oakland California. Initially charged with second degree murder, Mehserle was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. He made an apology to Grant's family while he was on trial. On November 5, 2010 Mehserle was sentenced to two years, minus time served, with the possibility of being paroled after about 1 year ^[7] He was released on June 13, 2011, after serving 11 months, much to the protest of Grant's family and supporters. Grant's family accepted a $1.5 million settlement from the city.

• January 29, 2006: The shooting followed a pursuit in which Elio Carrion, an Air Force senior airman who had recently returned from Iraq, was the passenger in a Corvette that led deputies on a high-speed chase. San Bernardino Deputy Ivory Webb held Carrion and Luis Escobedo, the driver, at gunpoint as a nearby resident videotaped the encounter. The video, which has been played repeatedly during the trial, shows Webb shoot Carrion three times as Carrion complied with the deputy's orders to "get up." Carrion survived the shooting, and Webb was dismissed from the force as a result of his actions. Webb was charged with attempted manslaughter and assault with a weapon, but was acquitted by a jury. The county settled with Carrion for $1.5 million.^[8]

• January 30, 2005: Four Pasadena, California police officers removed 35 year old quadriplegic Cornell Greathouse from his wheelchair and hung him over a concrete wall to search him. Greathouse was hospitalized for six days for injuries sustained during the arrest. A jury awarded Greathouse $80,000 from the city for violating his civil rights, but the officers were cleared of charges.^[9][10]

• December 23, 2004: Juan Herrera was shot and killed by officer Ron Furtado after a car pursuit in Buena Park, California. Officer Furtado claimed that Herrera was reaching for a gun, but a forensic expert was prepared to testify otherwise. The city settled with the Herrera family for $5 million.^[11]

• July 6, 2002: A videotape taken by a tourist showed 16 year old Donovan Jackson being beaten by Inglewood police officers.^[12] In the video, officer Jeremy Morse is seen "repeatedly punching the handcuffed special education student in the face, then picking him up and slamming him down on the back of [a] squad car."^[13] To date, legal settlements have cost the city of Inglewood over $3 million.^[14]

• June–July 2000: A string of incidents of police misconduct by a group of four Oakland PD officers known as "the Riders" came to light.^[15] 119 people pressed civil rights lawsuits for unlawful beatings and detention, ultimately settling for $11 million with an agreement that the Oakland Police Department would implement significant reforms.^[16] Although all of the police officers involved were fired, three were later acquitted of criminal charges while one fled to Mexico to avoid prosecution.^[17]

• October 12, 1996: Javier Ovando was shot and paralyzed by LAPD Officer Rafael Pérez and his partner Nino Durden. The two officers planted a gun on the unarmed gang member and testified that Ovando shot first. The truth was revealed in 1999 as part of the Rampart investigation, and in the largest police misconduct settlement in city history, Javier Ovando was awarded $15 million in November 2000.^[18]

• April 1, 1996: Riverside sheriff's deputies stopped two suspected undocumented immigrants, a male and female, driving a pickup truck carrying at least 20 people after a nearly 70 mile hour chase through Riverside, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles counties. Two of the sheriff's deputies began beating the driver and passenger repeatedly with their clubs, even pulling on the woman's hair. The beating was videotaped by a news helicopter crew. Both deputies were suspended. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department launched a criminal investigation into the incident.^[19]

• August 25, 1995: Wayne Calvin Byrd II along with four other associates were beaten and arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department's CRASH unit in the Marina Del Rey community of West Los Angeles.^[20] Although attempts were made by the city of Los Angeles to settle the case, several Pacific Division Los Angeles Police Department officers, including Officer Ramirez, Officer Villalpando, Officer Damiano, and Officer Williams were found guilty of various civil rights violations, including false imprisonment.^[21] All charges against the four victims were eventually dropped.

• March 3, 1991: Rodney King's arrest and beating by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department was videotaped by a bystander. Four law enforcement officers, including one sergeant, were charged locally with assault and other charges, of which they were acquitted, leading to the 1992 Los Angeles riots. King accepted a $3.8 million settlement in his civil lawsuit against the city, while the officers were later charged in federal court of violating King's civil rights. Two of them were convicted.^[22]

• December 25, 1951: Roughly fifty Los Angeles Police Department officers participated in the beating of seven Latino men at a police station. This so-called Bloody Christmas event was fictionalized in James Ellroy's L.A. Confidential.^[23]

Colorado

See also Denver Police Department

• July 20, 2010: Jason Alan Kemp, 31, was shot at point-blank range and killed when he refused to allow officers to enter without a search warrant.^[24] The state troopers were investigating a minor traffic accident when they kicked in the door and blinded Jason with pepper spray when he refused entry without a warrant. Trooper Lawyer then allegedly fired one shot which struck Jason. He died at the scene.^[25] A Mesa County grand jury indicted Trooper Ivan Gene Lawyer and Corporal Kirk Firko with felony charges including criminally negligent homicide, second-degree assault, illegal discharge of a firearm, first-degree criminal trespassing, prohibited use of a weapon, and criminal mischief.^[26] The criminal trials, set for April 2012, will be presided by the Honorable Richard T. Gurley at District Court in Grand Junction, Colorado.

• July 9, 2010: Marvin Booker, 56, was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia. Half-asleep about 3 a.m., Booker walked to the desk in his socks, forgetting to put on his shoes. The female deputy ordered Booker to sit in a chair in front of the desk. Booker responded that he wanted to stand. When the deputy threatened to have him placed in a holding cell if he did not sit, Booker told her he would go to the holding cell, 'Let me get my shoes', he said as he walked toward the chairs to get his shoes. The deputy asked him repeatedly to stop, got up and followed Booker. Booker turned and repeated that he was getting his shoes.The deputy grabbed Booker by the arm. Booker, who was 5 feet 5 and weighed 175 pounds, hit her and pushed her away. At that point, four other deputies wrestled Booker to the concrete floor for assaulting the female officer. They slid down two steps to the floor in the sitting area. The deputies each grabbed a limb while he struggled. A fifth deputy put Booker in a headlock just as the female deputy began shocking him with a Taser. Booker's wrists were handcuffed behind his back, Booker was placed in a holding cell. When the officers came to check on Booker a half hour later they found him unresponsive in the cell.^[27] No action was ever taken against the officers responsible nor was there an investigation.

• March 16, 2010: Mark Ashford was walking his two dogs near the streets of 20th and Little Raven when he saw a police officer pull over a driver who had run a stop sign. Ashford claiming that he saw the man stop at the stop sign approached the police car to volunteer information and to appear in court about the incident. Ashford claims that the officer "didn't like it at all" and asked Ashford his ID, which he provided. Afterwards, another Denver Police officer arrived on scene and Ashford, who claims he was nervous, began taking photos of the two officers on his cell phone. In the HALO surveillance video released by the city & county of Denver, a Denver Police officer appears to hand Ashford back his ID and a piece of paper. Afterwards, Ashford pulls out his cell phone to photograph the two officers. The two officers approach Ashford and one of the officers grabs Ashford's hand in an attempt to get Ashford's cell phone. The other officer also tries to help restrain Ashford. In the ensuing struggle Ashford tries to spin away from the officers and is again thrust into the guardrail by the officers. One officer appears to spear Ashford with his knee and punches Ashford several times. Eventually, the two officers gain control and are able to handcuff Ashford. Ashford's attorney, William Hart, claims that his client was arrested on suspicion of interference and resistance. After the incident, Ashford was taken to St. Andrew's Hospital where he was treated for a cut on his eye and a concussion.^[28] Despite the video, the officers were cleared of any wrongdoing. The city agreed to give a $35,000 settlement to Ashford.

• April 4, 2009: At approximately 12:14 a.m, during the and arrest of his friend Shawn Johnson for allegedly using the women's restroom at the LoDo Night Club, Michael DeHerrera claims he was severely beaten by several DPD officers. Video taken by the DPD's own High Activity Location Observation (HALO) system shows DeHerrera talking on his mobile phone with his free arm across his chest grasping his other arm when officer Devin Sparks walks up to him, grabs his arm, and appears to start yelling at him. Within seconds Officer Sparks grabs DeHerrera by the head and throws him into the pavement. The video footage suddenly pulls away for roughly 35 seconds while DeHerrera is allegedly beaten. The camera then slowly pans and zooms back into the scene while DeHerrera is being handcuffed by three officers with several other officers standing in the vicinity of the scene. He is then wrenched up from the pavement, visibly bloodied and having difficulty maintaining balance or standing. He is then led staggering to the back of a DPD cruiser and partially searched. He is then placed in the back seat of the cruiser. The officer then slams the door, which is stopped by what DeHerrera claims is his ankle, the officer then slams the door again which then closes. DeHerrera claims that he remembers nothing from after the initial alleged assault until waking up in his hospital bed due to post-concussion syndrome. Initial police reports filled out by Officer Sparks claim that DeHerrera "Spun to his left attempting to strike me in the face with a closed right fist.", a statement directly contradicted by the video of the incident. Both Johnson and DeHerrera were initially charged with interference and resisting arrest but the charges were dropped after the video came to light by Assistant City Attorney Vince DiCroce who said "there is no likelihood of conviction." Independent Monitor Richard Rosenthal has recommended that both Officer Sparks and another officer Corporal Randy Murr be fired for their actions in relation to the incident. Safety Manager Ron Perea however, who has final say in officer disciplinary actions claims that Rosenthal's recommendation is inappropriate. The only disciplinary actions taken so far have been to suspend Sparks and Murr without pay for three days. "The video, when viewed in isolation, seems to portray the subject officers as overly aggressive for the situation. There is no audio and it appears that there is a man on the phone ignoring but not being overtly aggressive towards the officer when the officer takes him down. The video, however, does not tell the entire story." Perea said of the incident.^[29] Both officers were eventually fired when Perea resigned and the new Manager of Safety recommended their termination. The city settled with DeHerrera and Johnson for $17,500.

• January 15, 2009: Alexander Landau and his passenger Addison Hunold were pulled over for an illegal left turn. Officer Randy Murr asked for consent to perform a search of the vehicle. Landau asked to see a warrant, to which Officer Randy Murr responded by punching him in the face and knocking him to the ground. Officer Murr joined by Officers Ricky Nixon and Tiffany Middleton proceeded to beat him for several minutes with police radios and a flashlight. When it was all over, Landau heard one officer say to him, "Where's that warrant now, you fucking nigger?". When the incident went to court, Murr had already been fired because of his involvement in the beating of Michael DeHerrera and Nixon was fired because he was involved in an incident at the Denver Diner where women were clubbed to the ground and maced. The City of Denver agreed to settle the case and gave Landau $795,000.00.^[30]

• April 4, 2008: John Heaney was riding his bicycle past the stadium and allegedly ran a red light. He was stopped by Det. Micheal Cordova who was in plainclothes because he was working a sting operation against ticket scalpers. Cordova testified in court under oath that Heaney swung and punched at him several times, forcing Cordova to punch back. Cordova said Heaney “continued to throw wild punches at me, hitting me in the chest area several times forcing me to punch him in the face several times”. When he was asked how Heaney’s two front teeth were broken, Cordova responded, “I have not a clue.” John Heaney was charged with assault on a police officer and faced a minimum 3 year sentence, before a video tape surfaced showing it was Det. Cordova who attacked Heaney, tackling him, punching him in the face several times, and finally smashing his teeth into the pavement; the district attorney's office then dropped all charges against Heaney. A jury acquitted Det. Cordova on the assault charges and no charges were filed for his perjury.^[31]

• April 18, 2008: 16 year old Juan Vasquez ran from police and hopped several fences, an officer shouted for him "to stop or he would shoot him in the back." The officer threw his flashlight, hitting Vasquez "with such force that it shattered on impact," When Vasquez fell in the alley, the first officer jumped on his back, With that officer sitting on the boy's back, others began to punch and kick him as Vasquez "begged" them to stop. Two of the arresting officers testified that officer Charles Porter began jumping up and down on the teen's back while he was handcuffed and lying face-down on the ground. Vasquez, who is 5-foot-6 and 130 pounds, was hospitalized with a lacerated liver, a ruptured spleen, damage to both kidneys and bruised or fractured ribs. He spent 3 days in intensive care handcuffed to the bed. Porter was charged and acquitted of felony assault charges, he was the only witness at his defense and claimed the other officers who testified against him caused the injuries during the arrest and conspired to pin the blame on him. Vasquez filed a lawsuit for $1,300,000.00 and the city settled for "just under $1,000,000".^[32][33]

• April 8, 2006: Evan Herzoff was walking home past the parking lot near 14th Avenue and Pearl Street when he came across officers arresting a man and he then began videotaping the arrest. Shortly thereafter he was approached by two Denver Police Department officers. Officer Morgan demanded Mr. Herzoff's identification. After examining Mr. Herzoff's identification, Morgan told Mr. Herzoff that he was free to go. When Mr. Herzoff subsequently asked for Morgan's business card, however, Morgan quickly changed his mind and told Mr. Herzoff, "Let's take you to jail instead." A trespass charge filed against Mr. Herzoff at the time of the arrest was dismissed after review of the video. After an internal investigation the city's independent police monitor Richard Rosenthal stated that officer Morgan would receive a "fair punishment" but refused to say what that punishment was. The ACLU filed a lawsuit on Herzoff's behalf after months of negotiations the city agreed to pay Herzoff $8,500, and the Denver Police Department will issue a training bulletin to all officers, stating that: “No retaliatory action shall be taken against any member of the community based on the request for identification.”^[34]

• September 23, 1999: a Denver Police SWAT team performed a no-knock raid on the home of 45-year-old Mexican national, Ismael Mena, believing there to be drugs in the house. Officers shot and killed Mena. Police said that Mena pulled a gun on officers and opened fire, necessitating deadly force. Investigations alleged, however, that Mena's body may have been dragged from where it fell. Police reported that this occurred apparently while paramedics administered aid, and that gunpowder residue on Mena'a hands indicated that he had fired a weapon recently. Allegations of a police coverup of the shooting were never substantiated. Information from Mexican authorities indicated that Mena was a suspect in a homicide there. No drugs were found on the premise. Media and critics of the police department's handling of the situation have pointed out inconsistencies in officers' stories.^[35] Also, the American Civil Liberties Union criticized both the police department and the judge who approved the warrant for the following alleged problems with the affidavit: (1) relying on an unreliable informant, (2) failing to provide sufficient proof that drugs would be found on the premise, and (3) for failing to adequately explain how police would be endangered by knocking first.^[36] Joseph Bini, the officer who gave the address to the SWAT team, was charged with first-degree official misconduct, and sentenced to 12 months probation. The city of Denver later settled a lawsuit filed by Mena's family out of court for the amount of $400,000. Bini again made headlines in June 2008 when it was revealed that he was being investigated for unlawful sexual contact and child enticement.^[37]

Florida

• March 27, 2009 : Nick Christie was strapped naked to a chair at Lee County jail and died of heart failure after being pepper sprayed. The District 21 Medical Examiner "ruled his death was a homicide because he had been restrained and sprayed with pepper sprayed by law enforcement officers." The officers responsilbe were cleared of wrongdoing, but Christie's family has filed a lawsuit against the police for his wrongful death^[38]

• January 29, 2008: Quadriplegic Brian Sterner was dumped from his wheelchair as he was being booked for an alleged traffic violation at the Hillsborough County, Florida Sheriff's Office jail facility. Surveillance video showed Sterner tumbling to the floor and officers searching his clothing as he lay prone.^[39][40] The video raised concerns about police treatment of the disabled after being widely circulated on news channels and YouTube.^[41] The deputy later resigned and was charged with felony abuse on a disabled person after the video was publicized. Charges were dropped when she agreed to a plea deal which she agrees to never work in law enforcement again and does 100 hours of community service with the disabled. Several other deputies were suspended without pay and one supervisor was fired for not reporting the incident.

• January 6, 2006: Martin Anderson died at a Florida juvenile detention facility after allegedly suffering a beating by as many as eight guards, recorded by videotape. Various charges were brought against several guards, who were ultimately acquitted at trial.^[42]

• December 17, 1979: According to police officer accounts, insurance agent, Arthur McDuffie, was brutally beaten to death by police following an arrest for outstanding traffic violations. The officers involved were later found not guilty, leading to the Liberty City riots on May 8, 1980. The Liberty City riots are the worst ever racial riots in the history of the United States.

Georgia

• September 10, 2009: A paramilitary, SWAT-type force of Atlanta Police Department officers called the "REDDOG Unit" stormed into a gay bar called the Atlanta Eagle without a warrant. The police immediately forced dozens of innocent customers to lie face-down on the floor, which was covered with spilled beer, dirt, and broken glass, simply because they were patrons of the bar. Patrons who were not suspected of any criminal activity were illegally searched; police officers emptied their pockets, confiscated their identification, and entered every patron’s name into a police computer. The police detained all of the patrons between thirty and ninety minutes, handcuffed some of them, and forced them to remain face-down on the floor long after they had been searched and found to be unarmed. The police never explained why they were there, and when patrons asked questions, they were told to “shut the fuck up.” Some patrons were told they would be hit in the head with a barstool if they asked any questions, and some were shoved to the ground and kicked by the officers. Several patrons report that some officers made racist and anti-gay slurs. The city of Atlanta settled with two businesses and 26 patrons for $1.025 million in addition to promising reforms within the department. Two dozen officers and several supervisors were found guilty by a citizen review board. As of November 15, 2011, the department still claimed that the officers did nothing wrong and followed department protocol. ^[43]

• November 21, 2006: Kathryn Johnston, an 92-year-old Atlanta woman, was shot 6 times and killed by police officers who had entered her home with a fraudulently-obtained no knock warrant. She had fired one shot over the heads of the police who she assumed were intruders after they knocked down her door. Those responsible then engaged in a cover-up and planted drugs in her house. Two of the three officers involved would eventually plead guilty to a number of charges including manslaughter.

• January 23, 1943: Police in Baker County, Georgia beat Robert Hall with their fists and with a solid-bar blackjack about eight inches long and weighing two pounds. After Hall, still handcuffed, had been knocked to the ground, they continued to beat him from fifteen to thirty minutes until he was unconscious. Hall was then dragged feet first through the courthouse yard into the jail and thrown upon the floor, dying. An ambulance was called, and Hall was removed to a hospital, where he died within the hour and without regaining consciousness.^[44][45]

Idaho

• August 21, 1992: The home of Randy Weaver, a white separatist and survivalist, was assaulted by federal agents during the Ruby Ridge incident. During the incident, Weaver's wife was killed along with his son, and Weaver's friend Kevin Harris was wounded. The U.S. Justice Department did not press charges against the agents involved.^[46]

Illinois

• June 7, 2011: Flint Farmer, 29, an unemployed store clerk with a small child and a prior domestic-violence was fatally shot by Chicago police officer Gildardo Sierra three times in the back. Sierra and a partner had responded to a domestic-disturbance call allegedly involving Farmer. When confronted by the police, Farmer fled. Sierra shot at Farmer multiple times, hitting him in the leg and abdomen. Publicly available police video shows Sierra circle the prone Farmer as three bright flashes emit from approximately waist level. ^[47] The coroner who performed the autopsy on Farmer reported that Farmer could have survived the shots to the leg and abdomen, but any of the three shots through the back would have been fatal.^[47] Although the Chicago police department ruled the shooting justified, by Oct 23, 2011 Sierra had been stripped of his police powers and the FBI had opened an investigation into the incident.^[48]

• October 7, 2009: 15-year-old Marshawn Pitts, who is an intellectually disabled student, was beaten by Dolton police officer Christopher Lloyd at a school for special needs children Pitts attends and Lloyd works at. The assault was caught on surveillence cameras. Lloyd said that he ordered Pitts to tuck in his shirt and Pitts had cursed at him and was acting belligerent. Pitts, however, said that he did not understand what Lloyd was saying and Lloyd proceeded to slam him against the wall, repeatedly punch him in the face, and hold his face onto the floor, breaking his nose and preventing him from breathing. Several students and teachers had to physically bring Lloyd off of Pitts. Lloyd was placed on administrative leave and later resigned.^[49] He was later arrested for rape and is being investigated in the death of his ex-wife's husband.

Indiana

• 2010: LaDonna Dixon called 911 when her friend suffered a seizure. Dixon, who claimed to be three months pregnant, repeatedly asked the responding officer if she could see her friend. He then threw her to the ground and repeatedly kicked and punched her. He even ignored her pleas that she was pregnant. Dixon claimed that she miscarried after she was arrested and put in a holding cell. She received severe bruises and cuts from the beating. The officer was never disicplined and the Indianapolis Police Department rejected her claims of brutality. Dixon has filed a lawsuit against the city for the wrongful death of her baby and excessive force.

Kansas

• February 5, 2009: Sofia Salva, a Sudanese native was driving to the hospital when she felt she was having a miscarriage. Two Kansas City police officers pulled her over for having stolen tags and suspected her to have stolen the car. On the police car's dashcamera, Salva pleads to the officers twenty times to let her go to the hospital, and one officer can be heard saying, "How's that my problem?". They eventually take her to jail, where she delivered her baby that lived for a minute. She was then treated at the hospital and returned to jail. The officers were suspended and eventually fired. The city settled a lawsuit brought by Salva.^[50]

Louisiana

• October 9, 2005: Robert Davis was filmed in an altercation with New Orleans police officers. In the video, Davis is punched in the head several times by the officers and kicked as he laid on the ground covered in blood. An Associated Press reporter was also assaulted by one of the officers. Two officers were later fired and one was suspended when they were charged with battery as a result of the incident.^[51] However, charges were dropped against two officers and one committed suicide pending a trial.

• September 4, 2005: A deadly police shooting occurred on the Danziger Bridge in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Six days after the hurricane, seventeen-year-old James Brissette and forty-year-old Ronald Madison were killed in the gunfire, and four other civilians were wounded. All victims were unarmed. Madison, a mentally disabled man, was shot in the back. Members of the New Orleans Police Department coordinated and fabricated a cover-up story for their crime, falsely reporting that seven police officers responded to a police dispatch reporting an officer down, and that at least four people were firing weapons at the officers upon their arrival. The officers also planted a gun at the scene to make it seem the civilians were armed.^[52] On August 5, 2011, a New Orleans Federal Court jury found five police officers guilty of a myriad of charges related to the cover-up and deprivation of civil rights.^[53]

• September 2, 2005: Henry Glover was shot to death and his body was burned by two New Orleans police officers following Hurricane Katrina. Glover was near a strip mall looking for baby clothes for a relative when officers Greg MacRae and David Warren drew their guns and shot him, and prevented anyone from helping Glover. They later threw his body into a car and set it on fire. MacRae was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for covering up the crime and violating Glover's civil rights. Warren was sentenced to 25 years in prison for manslaughter.^[54]

• March 22, 1990: During a shootout, Adolph Archie, an African American killed a white officer, Earl Hauck in downtown New Orleans. Moments later a security guard shot Archie in the arm and he was taken into custody by police officers. As the prisoner was driven from the scene in a patrol car, angry officers could be heard on the police radio cursing and calling for him to be killed. The demands were heard all over New Orleans. When the car carrying Archie arrived at a hospital, a mob of screaming officers was there to meet it. No superior officers dispersed the mob. For reasons that have never been satisfactorily answered, Adolph Archie was not taken into the hospital, but was driven to a station house in the precinct of the officer he had killed. There he was fatally beaten. No officer was ever held accountable for Archie's death.^[55] A settlement of $333,000 was eventually reached between Archie's family and the city, with one-third of the sum going to the family of the fallen officer.^[56]

Maryland

• March 3, 2010: Officer Sean McAleavey, of the Prince George's County Police, was suspended along with four other officers in connection with the beating of a University of Maryland student, John J. McKenna, 21,^[57] after a college basketball game. The incident surrounding the beating was originally presented through court filed charging documents as an altercation between McKenna and a police horse, where McKenna allegedly struck the horse which then retaliated by kicking him. Video that surfaced, after McKenna hired a private investigator, showed officers in riot gear slamming him into a wall before beating him. McKenna suffered a concussion and contusions as a result of the altercation.^[57][58] Officer McAleavey has since returned to duty and the case is under federal investigation. ^[59]

• March 3, 2010: Also following the University of Maryland Men’s basketball game against Duke, while standing alone attempting to take photographs for the University of Maryland student newspaper, student David Markman, 21, was beaten by members of the Prince George's County Police Prince George's County Police Department#John J. McKenna and Benjamin Donat incident then charged with disorderly conduct by police. David later located video shot on a cell phone and on the internet of himself shot by an independent witness which was revealed in court to prosecutors and police resulting in the charges against Markman being dropped. Brandon Johnson, was the only defendant beaten by police then charged following the basketball game who went to trial on his charges and was acquitted of any wrongdoing by the Prince George’s County judge ^[60][61]

• June 25, 2003: Albert Mosely was picked up on a probation violation and brought to the Baltimore's Western District police station where, after getting into a shouting match with police officers, he was picked up (while handcuffed) and thrown "headfirst into the concrete wall of a holding cell." Mosley was rendered quadriplegic, sued the city, and was awarded $44 million in damages.^[62]

• February 2008: Salvatore Rivieri was suspended from the Baltimore Police Department following the release of a video on YouTube of mistreatment of a 14-year-old boy for using a skateboard at the Inner Harbor tourist area, where skateboards are prohibited.^[63] The mother of the boy filed a suit against Rivieri in April 2008, two months after the video was widely circulated, seeking $6 million for assault, battery and violation of rights. The lawsuit was dismissed. He was eventually fired in 2010 after another video of him verbally assaulting a film producer surfaced.

• July 29, 2008: Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo's house was raided by Prince George's Sheriff's Department SWAT team on suspicion of drug possession. It turned out that Calvo's address had been randomly selected by drug dealers. When SWAT officers entered the Calvo house with a no-knock warrant, Calvo's two dogs were shot to death and Calvo, who was in nothing but underwear, was handcuffed to his mother-in-law. Calvo was detained for two hours by police until they confirmed his identity and ultimately cleared him of being involved in the crime. Calvo claimed his dogs were shot as a "sport" by the SWAT team and the dogs ran away when the SWAT team entered the house. The police claimed the dogs tried to bite the officers, and the raid was deemed a "model operation". Calvo sued the city and police for the wrongful deaths of his dogs and excessive force from the raid.^[64] In January 2011, the suit was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money and various SWAT reforms.^[65]

• June 5, 2008: Marine Tyrone Brown was fatally shot twelve times by off-duty Baltimore police officer, Gahiji Tshamba. After partying at a night club, Brown made a sexual advancement towards Tshamba's girlfriend. Tshamba pushed Brown away and shot him. Tshamba claimed Brown was being aggressive and he was in fear for his life. However, witnesses said that Brown was turning to leave when Tshamba shot him. Tshamba was charged with murder and found guilty of manslaughter .^[66][67]

Michigan

• May 16, 2010:7-year-old Aiyana Jones was shot and killed by Detroit SWAT officers. Jones was shot in the head or neck area. Police claimed Jones' grandmother grabbed an officer's gun and set it off, but other witnesses said the officers threw a gas bomb into the house and fired into the house despite being told there were children in the house. The officer who shot Jones has been charged with manslaughter. Jones' family has filed suit against the city and police for Jones' wrongful death. Months after the incident, it was discovered that the same officer had been part of another controversial raid, which he pointed his gun into the faces of children as young as one year old.

• November 5, 1992: In Detroit, Michigan, Malice Green died while in police custody after being arrested by Detroit police officers Walter Budzyn and Larry Nevers during a traffic stop. Green allegedly failed to relinquish a vial of crack cocaine. Nevers struck Green in the head with his flashlight approximately fourteen times during the struggle which, according to the official autopsy, resulted in his death. An Emergency Medical Service (EMS) worker arrived on the scene and sent a computer message to his superiors asking, "(W)hat should I do, if I witness police brutality/murder?" Other officers and a supervisor arrived but did not intervene to stop the beating. Green had a seizure and died en route to the hospital. The official cause of death was ruled due to blunt force trauma to his head. Both officers were convicted of second degree murder, but in a retrial (due to juror misconduct), they were convicted of involuntary manslaughter.^[68][69]

Minnesota

• April 2, 2005: Al Hixon was handcuffed, pepper-sprayed in his eyes and nostrils, and arrested by Golden Valley Police for robbery. While the 911 transcript reveals that the Golden Valley police had twice been informed that a white male in a white van had robbed a local bank, two Golden Valley police officers proceeded rapidly to a nearby the gas station and arrested Mr. Hixon, a dark-skinned black man, who was refueling his Jaguar automobile. Despite being informed twice that the robber was white, the officers arrested Hixon for the crime. The charges were dropped when they realized their mistake. Hixon was awarded the largest police brutality punitive damages in Minnesota history by a jury. No discipline was taken against the officers.^[70]

Mississippi

• February 4, 2006: Jessie Lee Williams Jr. died of brain trauma after being beaten by jailer Ryan Teel during booking at Harrison County, Mississippi jail. Teel was later found "guilty of conspiring to deprive inmates' rights, using unnecessary, excessive force in Williams' fatal beating, and obstructing justice by writing a false report."^[71] In the civil lawsuit which ensued, the Williams estate obtained a settlement of $3.5 million from Harrison County.^[72]

• May 14, 1970: Phillip Lafayette Gibbs, 21, and James Earl Green, 17, were shot and killed and twelve others injured as police attempted to disperse about 100 protesting black students near the campus of Jackson State University in Mississippi. Known as the Jackson State killings, the incident was overshadowed in the media by the Kent State shootings in which four white students were killed by the National Guard about a week earlier. A memorial to the two dead students has since been erected on the Jackson State campus.^[73]

Missouri

• February 11, 2010: A 26-year-old man who was suspected of having a large amount of marijuana had his home raided by members of the Columbia Police Department's SWAT team with an 8-day old search warrant and no previous surveillance of the property. A video taken during the raid shows the SWAT team firing at two of the man's dogs (which were acting protectively), one of which was killed in the raid.^[74] Only a small amount of marijuana and paraphernalia was found.^[75]

New Jersey

• May 29, 2009: Police officer Joseph R. Rios III was recorded by a surveillance camera assaulting 49-year-old schizophrenic Ronnie Holloway in Passaic, with his fist and a baton.^[76][77][77] According to Holloway's attorney his injuries included a torn cornea and extensive bruising to the left side of his body. Rios was put on administrative duty and subsequently suspended. He was acquitted of aggravated assault and police misconduct charges, but has not been reinstated. Holloway's family accepted a $350,000 settlement from the city.^[78]

New York

2011 - A great number of cases of police brutality have manifested as a consequence toy the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Including thousands of arrests, pepper-spray and indiscriminate use of force against unarmed peaceful civilians^[79] In especial the brutal eviction in the middle of the night, with media blackout criticized openly by Senator Nadder and the destruction of the People's Library including over 4000 books, shelves and computers. ^[80]

• June 28, 2011: Monumental 5 Gabriel Díaz, Cynthia Rosa, Louis Peña, Jade Everett, and James W. Ayala The Monumental 5 were beaten, maced, and arrested that night outside of Tammany Hall by New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers. NYPD police officers used unnecessary force to disperse all peoples within the vicinity of Tammany Hall in New York City that night which caused severe bruising and bodily inflictions upon those arrested. Of those arrested, Gabriel Díaz has shown to be the one most physically affected by the unnecessary attacks, with approximately 8 stitches on his head, cuts and bruised over his face and body, and the need to wear a neck-brace and prominent limping. The night that started as a fun evening for all to celebrate the Monumental album release of Smif-n-Wessun quickly went downhill after the NYPD riot on civilians who had not committed any crimes.^[81]

• October 15, 2008: The NYPD subway sodomy incident took place after the arrest of Michael Mineo by New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers. According to Mineo, the arresting police officers pinned him to the ground, while Richard Kern, one of the officers, pulled down Mineo's pants and sodomized him with a police baton. On December 9, 2008, the Brooklyn District Attorney indicted the three arresting officers and charged them with felonies. Richard Kern was charged with aggrivated sexual abuse in the first degree, assault in the first degree, and hindering prosecution. Two other officers, Andrew Morales and Alex Cruz, were charged with hindering prosecution and official misconduct. All three were tried and found not guilty of all charges.

• November 25, 2006:The Sean Bell shooting incident took place in the New York City borough of Queens, New York, United States on November 25, 2006, in which 3 men were shot a total of fifty times by a team of both plainclothes and undercover NYPD officers, killing one of the men, Sean Bell, on the morning after his bachelor party, and severely wounding two of his friends.^[82] The incident sparked fierce criticism of the police from some members of the public and drew comparisons to the 1999 killing of Amadou Diallo.^[83] Three of the five detectives involved in the shooting went to trial^[84] on charges ranging from manslaughter to reckless endangerment, and were found not guilty.^[85] On May 18, 2010, Brooklyn Federal Judge Sterling Johnson lifted a stay on the civil lawsuit brought by Nicole Paultre Bell against the City of New York. On July 27, 2010 a settlement was reached. New York City agreed to pay Sean Bell's family $3.25 million. Joseph Guzman, 34, who uses a cane and a leg brace and has four bullets lodged in his body and Trent Benefield, 26, two passengers in Bell's car who attended his bachelor party and were wounded in the shooting, will receive $3 million and $900,000 respectively in the settlement, for a total of $7.15 million.^[86]

• January 4, 2004: Timothy Stansbury, a 19-year old New York City teenager, was shot and killed by New York City Police Department Officer Richard S. Neri Jr. Neri’s partner pulled open a rooftop door so that Neri, gun drawn, could scan for drug suspects. Stansbury was coming up the stairs with a pile of CDs in his arms, intending on using the roof as a shortcut to go to a party in the adjacent building. Neri responded with one shot.^[87][88] Neri was later cleared of criminal responsibility, but given a 30 day suspension without pay.^[89] The family's lawsuit against the city was settled in 2007 for $2 million.^[90]

• May 22, 2003: Ousmane Zongo was shot to death by plain-clothed New York Police while unarmed. Officers suspected him of being part of a CD theft operation (he was not involved) and shot him when he ran. The officer who shot Zongo received five years probation for negligent homicide.^[91]

• February 4, 1999: Amadou Diallo was shot and killed by New York City police officers while unarmed after the officers claimed they believed he was reaching for a gun. Four officers were indicted for second degree murder but later acquitted.^[92]

• August 1997: Abner Louima was sodomized with a broken broomstick handle while detained in a New York City police station by Officer Justin Volpe. Louima was left bleeding from the rectum in a booking cell. Despite an initial cover-up by various members of the NYPD, Volpe was convicted of assault and sentenced to 30 years.^[93] Two officers were convicted of the cover-up while one was acquitted.

• July 4, 1996: Nathaniel Levi Gaines was shot by New York Police officer Paolo Colecchia while unarmed on the southbound D train platform at 167th Street and the Grand Concourse. Colechia shot Gaines in the back as he fled down the deserted Bronx subway platform, and was sentenced to 5–15 years in prison for homicide; the third New York City officer ever sentenced to prison for committing homicide while on duty.^[94]

• December 22, 1994: Anthony Baez died after being arrested by NYPD Officer Francis X. Livoti.^[95] A lawsuit filed by the Baez family was later settled for $3 million.^[96] The officer was cleared of Baez's death but was eventually found guilty of violating Baez's civil rights in federal court and was sentenced to seven years in prison.

Oklahoma

• May 24, 2010: EMT Maurice White was assaulted by Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Daniel Martin.^[97] In the dash-camera, Martin pulled over the ambulance for failing to yield (it turned out that there was a patient inside), claiming that the driver flashed an obscene finger gesture at him. White tried to explain to him that they needed to get to the hospital but Martin ordered him back into the ambulance and proceeded to verbally assault the driver and ignore the family's pleas to go to the hospital. When White again asked to go to the hospital, Martin tried to arrest him and put him in a chokehold when White resisted. Eventually, another officer convinced Martin to let them go to the hospital. Martin claimed White assaulted him, but the cell-phone video taken by a son accompanying the patient contradicted that. Martin was suspended for 5 days and ordered to undergo anger counseling. White filed a lawsuit against Martin for violating his civil rights.^[98] A few months later, Trooper Daniel was again put on on paid administrative leave after being accused of using excessive force on a Holdenville man and it was discovered that he had been fired from a previous department for being abusive to citizens.^[99]

Ohio

• October 20, 2006: Hope Steffey called 911 for help after being assaulted by her cousin. Deputies from the Stark County Sheriff's department arrived, arrested her and brought her into custody. There, she was stripped naked by both male and female deputies and left in a cold cell and without a blanket without medical attention for injuries sustained during the ordeal.^[100] Deputies claimed that she had answered a series of questions in a way that led them to believe she was suicidal, a claim Steffey denied.^[101] When the video was publicized, several women came forward, claiming abuse and harassment from deputies. In 2009, the county and sheriff's department settled lawsuits brought by Steffey and other women for $200,000. The Stark County Sheriff's Department denying any wrongdoing.^[102]
• January 4, 2008: SWAT officers from the Lima Police Department raided the home of Tarika Wilson and her six chidren with an arrest warrant for her boyfriend, a drug dealer. However, upon entering the house, Tarika was fatally shot and her one-year-old son, who was in her arms, was wounded in the shoulder and hand.^[103] Officers were looking for Wilson's boyfriend, who later pleaded guilty to drug trafficking. The officer who delivered the shots claimed that he heard shots from the house and was in fear of his life; it turned out that other officers were shooting at pit bulls that were attacking them. The shooting led to protests and demands that the officer be held accountable. The officer was acquitted of negligent homicide and misconduct charges by a jury and was allowed to return to work as a police officer, but not patrol the streets. Wilson's family accepted a $2.5 million settlement from the city.^[104]

Oregon

• September 17, 2006: James Chasse, an American singer and writer from Portland, Oregon.was beaten to death by Multnomah County police officers following an altercation. Officers at the scene described Chasse as a homeless person (even though they had his ID card with his address) and said that he ran away from them and fought with them.^[105] He was beaten and shot with a Taser multiple times. After the beating, Chasse was cleared medically by fire and ambulance personnel. He was then restrained and driven to jail, where nursing staff refused to admit him because of his injuries. The officers were told by jail staff to drive him to a hospital across town. He died en route. The police were never held accountable, causing an outcry from the public.

Pennsylvania

• October 12, 1995: Johnny Gammage was a black motorist who died in a scuffle with white police officers. Three officers were charged with involuntary manslaughter. After two mistrials, one was acquitted and charges against the others were dropped.^[106]

South Carolina

• November 5, 2003: With guns drawn, police executed a "commando-style raid" at Stratford High School, forcing students as young as 14 to the ground as SWAT team personnel in bulletproof vests led drug dogs to search their schoolbags.^[107][108] On July 10, 2006, a settlement of $1.6 million was reached in an ACLU-initiated lawsuit charging police and school officials with violating the students’ right to be free from unlawful search and seizure and use of excessive force.^[109]

• February 8, 1968: The Orangeburg massacre was an incident in which nine South Carolina Highway Patrol officers in Orangeburg, South Carolina, fired into an aggravated but unarmed mob protesting local segregation at a bowling alley, hitting most of them in their backs. Three men were killed and twenty-eight more injured. After the shooting stopped, two others were injured by police in the aftermath and one, a pregnant woman, later had a miscarriage due to the beating. The incident pre-dated the Kent State shootings and Jackson State killings.^[110]

Tennessee

• January 1, 2003: James Smoak was driving home to North Carolina with his wife, teenage son, and two mix breed bulldogs from a trip to Nashville. Smoak unknowingly left his wallet on his car hood after stopping at a gas station and a bystander called the police. The Cookeville police mistook this as a robbery, and with shotguns drawn, pulled the family over. Despite pleas to close the doors so the dogs would not get loose, the police ignored them and shot one dog that escaped. Smoak jumped and was violently shoved to the ground, causing permanent damage to his knee. They were held more than nine minutes in patrol cars after the officers realizes their mistake and are seen on the dashcameras laughing and smirking as the family cries. The family's lawsuit against the city was settled for $77,000 and they were awarded $9,000 in damages caused by the officer's use of excessive force on Smoak. The officers were never held accountable.^[111][112]

Texas

• November 12, 2010: 14-year-old Derrick Lopez was shot and killed by a Northside Independent School District (NISD) police officer in San Antonio. After assaulting another student off campus, Lopez was spotted by the NISD officer. Despite being told to stay with the other student, the officer chased Lopez and shot him. After discovering that the officer had a history of misconduct and was the subject to termination before, Lopez's mother filed a lawsuit against the officer and the school, citing negligence and indifference to allowing a dangerous officer to work in the school while knowing his background.^[113]

• May 5, 1977: Joe Campos Torres, a 23-year-old Vietnam Veteran had been arrested by police at an Eastside bar for disorderly conduct. Six police officers took Torres to a spot called “The Hole” next to Buffalo Bayou and beat him.^[114] The officers then took Torres to the city jail, where they were ordered to take him to the hospital. Instead of taking Torres to the hospital like they were told, the officers brought him back to the banks of Buffalo Bayou, where he was pushed into the water. Torres’ body was found two days later. Two of the officers involved were tried on state murder charges. They were convicted of negligent homicide and got one year probation and fined $1.^[115] The two, and another officer were later convicted of federal civil rights violations. They served only nine months in prison.

Virginia

• November 30, 2006: Optometrist Salvatore Culosi was shot to death outside his home by Fairfax police officer Deval V. Bullock. Mr. Culosi was to be arrested on allegations of gambling charges. Officer Bullock accompanied a SWAT team to assist in the arrest of the unarmed suspect. As Mr. Culosi answered the door, Bullock shot him through the heart. Officer Bullock claimed the shooting was accidental, and no charges were filed.^[116]

Washington State

• November 29, 2008: A 15-year-old girl was beaten by King County Sheriff's Department deputy Paul Schene. A security camera captured the beating and was released to the general press on Feb 27, 2009. The video shows deputies Schene and Brunner as they escorted the girl into the holding cell. Schene had asked her to remove her basketball shoes, and, as she slipped out of her left shoe, she appeared to kick it at Schene. Schene then lunged through the door and kicked her, striking either her stomach or upper thigh area. He smashed her head against a corner wall before flinging her to the floor by her hair. He then squatted down on her and made "two overhead strikes," although it's unclear where the blows landed. After handcuffing the girl Schene lifted her up by her hair and led her from the holding area.^[117] He was eventually charged with assault and went through two trials that both ended in a mistrial. The prosecutor decided to drop the case due to financial stress from the city and the officer was eventually fired.

• May 10, 2009: Christopher Harris was body-slammed into a wall by Seattle officer Matt Paul after being mistaken for an assault suspect. According to Paul, Harris fled when he identified himself and asked him to stop running. Witnesses said that Paul failed to identify himself and that it was too dark for Harris to know Paul was an officer. On a surveillance camera, Paul can be seen pushing Harris against the wall after Harris stopped, and mishandling Harris, who was unconscious by then. He was left brain damaged and paralyzed from the neck down. The Seattle Police Department claimed that Paul did nothing wrong and blamed Harris for his own injuries. Harris's family filed a $25 million lawsuit against the city, which was settled for $10 million.^[118]

• August 30, 2010: John T. Williams, a Native American wood carver of the Ditidaht First Nations of Canada was shot by Seattle officer Ian Birk after Birk stopped to accost him for carrying what turned out to be a street-legal, closed, knife. The city settled with the man's quadriplegic mother for $1.5 million. John was neither breaking any laws, nor was he intoxicated when Birk confronted him, firing 5 shots at close range, four hitting Williams, in rush-hour traffic. Birk claimed Williams had turned with the allegedly-open knife and lunged at him, but multiple witnesses on the street contradicted his account. His actions were ruled unjustified and against his training by the Seattle Police Department. Birk was allowed to resign rather than be fired, and King County prosecutor, Dan Satterberg, declined to prosecute.^{[119][120][121]}

• May 30, 2006: Otto Zehm was beaten to death by Spokane police officers after he was falsely reported to be stealing from an ATM. He was hit multiple times from behind by a baton, tasered, and improperly hog-tied and left on his stomach. He was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced brain-dead and died two days later. None of the officers were disciplined for Zehm's death. In July 2009, the first officer on the scene was charged with excessive force and falsifying a report.^[122] On November 2, 2011, the officer was found guilty on the two counts: excessive force and lying to investigators about the confrontation that led to Zehm's death.^[123]

Washington D.C.

• February 25, 2007: Metropolitan Airports Authority Police beat up Robin Kassner, a 31 year-old New York City native at Reagan National Airport, throwing her across the room into another woman and a metal chair. They, then, bashed her head into a metal table, giving her a concussion and permanent brain damage. Police Officer Michael Jose Urbina, who delivered the concussion blow to her head, filed false criminal charges against her for disorderly conduct. Kassner is suing the police for assault and battery.^[124] Surveillance Video

Wisconsin

• October 24, 2004: Frank Jude, Jr. was beaten at a house party while unarmed by three off-duty Milwaukee police officers, Andrew Spengler, Jon Bartlett, and Daniel Masarik. Several other officers, including one on-duty officer, took part in the beating. Jude's three friends were also assaulted by the officers, including two women who were pushed by the officers for calling 911 on them. All the officers were charged but acquitted by the state court.^[125] However, the three officers were later convicted on civil rights violations and assault in federal court. Other officers plead guilty to lesser charges of violating Jude's civil rights. One officer was acquitted of all charges.^[126] Bartlett was sentenced to 17 years, and Spengler and Masarik were sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. The other officers were sentenced from one year to four years in prison.

See also

• List of cases of police brutality
• List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States
• Pitchess motion

References