Bad Cops & Prosecutors

OFF TOPIC - MA - Cop 'roughs up' and pepper sprays suspect,gets acquitted but not reinstated
View the article here Looks like excessive force and abuse to me! Holbrook police Officer John Kearney was acquitted of charges that he used excessive force on a suspect, but he is still in danger of losing his job...

Nantucket Police Admits that Officers Used Excessive Force Against Massachusetts Teens that Filed Lawsuit
A group of Massachusetts teenagers that say Nantucket police officers applied ?excessive force? when arresting them without probable cause have filed a federal lawsuit. Troy Sullivan, Nicholas Phillips, David Loveberry, Adeane Watty, and Terrance Johnson, ages 13 to 18 and all African-American, say they were riding their bikes on August 8, 2007 at around 10:30 at night in Nantucket when Police Officer Taylor Noll told them to ?move to the other side of the street...

$250,000 Settlement Reached in Wrongful Death Lawsuit
lawyersandsettlements.com reported on the recent settlement by Angela Bouggess, Michael Newby's mother, of her wrongful death lawsuit against the Louisville Metro Government. Bouggess claimed Officer McKenzie Mattingly used excessive force when he shot Newby in the back following a reported drug bust gone bad...

Ohio University Named in Malpractice Suit
Ohio University has been named as a defendant in a medical malpractice/wrongful death lawsuit. The two doctors named in the lawsuit, Dr. Rick Gemma and Dr. Roger Classen, may be immune from personal liability, because the doctors were teaching medical residents from OU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine at the time of the alleged malpractice, said [...

Resisting conviction not collateral estoppel to excessive force claim
Resisting arrest conviction does not collaterally estop an excessive force claim. Lamond v. Maher, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9078 n. 1 (S.D. Ind. February 5, 2008): The defendants also argue that Lamond is collaterally estopped by the outcome of the criminal prosecution--the outcome being that Lamond was convicted based on his plea of guilty--from pressing his civil rights claims here...

Proving Forfeiture is an Ass - et: Feds Seize Couples $400,000 Lifetime Savings After Small Amount of Pot Found
In light of the recent hearing on mandatory asset freezing and restitution, Congress should look at the on-going controversy over an asset forfeiture in Lima Ohio. Luther and Meredith Ricks were victims of a break-in at their home by two burglars...