Ambry Nichole Schuessler (left) and Katherine “Katie” Dierdorf
Tag: Police Brutality
Mississippi Sheriff Denies Cops Beat Black Driver Bloody Despite Damning Photo Evidence
David Logan’s injuries were so severe, he had to be treated by two hospitals. Even after seeing a disturbingly graphic photo of injuries sustained by a Black man during an arrest during after a traffic stop in earlier this month, a Mississippi sheriff was defending his white officers against accusations they severely beat the suspect.
Giving Pennsylvania Cops the ‘Middle Finger’ Is Apparently Enough to Get Kneed and Tackled, Victim Files Lawsuit Against 5 Cops Involved
A California man has filed a lawsuit accusing five Pennsylvania police officers of responding with “unreasonable and excessive force” when he “extended his middle finger” at one of the them in 2017. John White, 29, asked for a judgment in excess of $150,000 after filing the suit Friday in Pennsylvania’s Eastern District, according to Lancaster…
Tennessee Black Man Ends Up Roughed Up, Searched, Jailed After Cops Follow Him Into Church Parking Lot Over Tinted Windows
When Tennessee police stopped a Black driver and accused him of having too darkly tinted his windows, it ended with the driver handcuffed and thrown in jail. That driver, Timothy Hamilton, filed suit against the Franklin Police Department in late August accusing officers in the Nashville suburb of using excessive force in the September 2018…
Cycling while black: Man dies in custody in Vegas after biking without lights
In a case that echoes tones of the death of Eric Garner, another black man, Byron Lee Williams, has died in police custody in Las Vegas after repeatedly telling them during his arrest that he could not breathe. In a case that echoes tones of the death of Eric Garner, another black man, Byron Lee…
NYPD Chokehold Cop Daniel Pantaleo Suspended After Police Judge Recommends He Be Fired for Involvement in Eric Garner’s Death
The New York Police department has suspended Officer Daniel Pantaleo over his use of an illegal chokehold in the death of Staten Island man Eric Garner. A judge overseeing Pantaleo’s disciplinary trial recommended the officer’s termination Friday for his actions in Garner’s 2014 death. NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Trials Rosemary Maldonado handed down the ruling…
