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This list compiles incidents alleged or proved to be due to police brutality that attracted significant media or historical attention. Many cases are alleged to be of brutality; some cases are more than allegations, with official reports concluding that a crime was committed by police, with some criminal convictions for offences such as grievous bodily harm, planting evidence and wrongful arrest.
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The ability of district attorneys to investigate police brutality has also been called into question, as DAs depend on help from police departments to bring cases to trial. It was only in the 1990s that serious efforts began to transcend the difficulties of dealing with systemic patterns of police misconduct.
Over 12,000 cases resulted in lawsuit settlements totaling over $400 million during a five-year period ending in 2014. In 2019, misconduct lawsuits cost the taxpayer $68,688,423, a 76 percent increase over the previous year, including about $10 million paid out to two exonerated individuals who had been falsely convicted and imprisoned. [1]
Between 2004 and 2014, the city paid out over $520 million in settlements, legal fees and other costs related to police misconduct, according to the Better Government Association. Chicago agencies responsible for investigating allegations of police misconduct will initiate an investigation only if the complainant signs a sworn statement, or ...
The march was dubbed "Day of Outrage Against Police Brutality and Harassment." [10] The case was mentioned in the 1998 Amnesty International report on the United States, among several other cases of police brutality, torture, and abuse. [11] Amnesty International also uses the incident as a case study on a treatise in the campaign against ...
Jul. 3—An online database of police misconduct cases in New Mexico went live this week, giving the public a window into which police officers have been accused of misconduct statewide. State ...
San José will pay $12 million to a man who was imprisoned for 17 years for a drive-by shooting he did not commit, the largest settlement paid by the city in a police misconduct case.