Louisiana to Pay $9M Settlement to Man Partially Paralyzed by State Trooper August 11, 2025 By Jim Mustian Louisiana authorities have agreed to pay $9 million to a man who was partially paralyzed from the waist down after...
Inmate Who Was Beaten in Patrol Car in Arkansas Files Federal Lawsuit September 27, 2024 By Andrew DeMillo LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An inmate who was beaten by an Arkansas police officer in the back of a...
Judge Tosses Suit Alleging Excessive Force During Dakota Access Pipeline Protest August 9, 2024 By Jack Dura BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has thrown out the remainder of a lawsuit by an...
Mother Settles Suit Over Texas Arrest Caught on Camera September 26, 2022 A Texas city has settled a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a Black mother after she and her daughter...
Lawsuit Filed Over Violent Arrest Outside Arkansas Convenience Store September 1, 2022 By Andrew DeMillo A man who was beaten and held down by Arkansas law enforcement officers during an arrest that was caught on...
Duante Wright’s Passenger Sues Minnesota Town, Officer August 4, 2022 The woman who was in Daunte Wright’s vehicle when he was fatally shot by police in a Minneapolis suburb last...
Lawsuit Alleges Texas Officer Paralyzed Man in Jail July 15, 2022 A man filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing a Texas police officer of using excessive force while restraining him in jail...
Lawsuit: 13-Year-Old’s Hands Up When Shot by Chicago Officer May 27, 2022 A 13-year-old boy shot in the back by a Chicago police officer was unarmed and had his arms raised to...
Minneapolis to Pay $1.5M to Man Arrested During George Floyd Protest May 20, 2022 Minneapolis has agreed to pay $1.5 million to a man who said police used excessive force when he was arrested...
South Dakota Supreme Court Allows Police Excessive Force Lawsuit to Proceed August 3, 2021 The South Dakota Supreme Court is allowing a lawsuit to go forward alleging police officers used excessive force when arresting...