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An ex-detective for the Elkhart Police Department is suing her former employer and several police officers, accusing them of taking away her livelihood and ruining her reputation after she refused ...
The Indiana State Police investigated the incident and recommended criminal confinement charges against the officers. No charges were filed. Phillips has requested a special prosecutor to investigate.
An excessive force civil lawsuit against the officers was dismissed by U. S. District Judge David C. Godbey in July 2020 on the basis of qualified immunity. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] On December 15, 2021, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision reversing the trial court decision giving the officers qualified immunity, which means the Timpa ...
On January 4, 2017, Dajerria Becton and her legal guardian, Shashona Becton, filed a civil suit against Casebolt, the McKinney Police Department, and the city of McKinney, TX. The suit sought damages of US$5 million for the officer's use of excessive force and holding Dajerria Becton without probable cause, thus violating her constitutional rights.
[5] [25] The word cop is slang for police officer; the phrase is derived by analogy from contempt of court, which, unlike contempt of cop, is an offense in many jurisdictions (e.g., California Penal Code section 166, making contempt of court a misdemeanor). Similar to this is the phrase "disturbing the police", a play on "disturbing the peace".
Elkhart resident Hahkeem Layman, whose 2020 arrest was captured in a viral video, is also suing, accusing police officers of racially profiling and fabricating evidence against him.
He pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, the second time a Philadelphia police officer was convicted of killing a Black man. [174] 5 May 1977: Terry W. Danson 7 October 1977: Houston Police Department (Texas) Several officers, including Danson and Orlando, beat Joe Campos Torres at a secluded spot near a bayou. When a jail officer refused ...
A panel of federal judges ruled Tuesday that a Texas police officer used excessive force when his patrol dog bit an unarmed woman for roughly one minute, but it said the judicial doctrine known as ...