Police officers’ use of baton launcher excessive 
Published: May 1, 2012
Tags: civil rights, Excessive Force, §1983
Police used excessive force when they fired a baton launcher four times in order to arrest a nonviolent drunk driver who was mistakenly suspected of being a car thief, the 7th Circuit has ruled in reversing a defense verdict.
Boston pays $1.4 million to settle suit against officer
Published: March 15, 2012
Tags: brain damage, Excessive Force, Massachusetts, police officer
The city of Boston has agreed to pay $1.4 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a man who says a police officer tackled him and placed him in a choke in 2009, leaving him brain-damaged and unable to work.
Police not liable for Taser death
Published: February 29, 2012
Tags: Excessive Force, Fourth Amendment, qualified immunity, Taser, §1983
Police were entitled to immunity when sued for causing the death of a deranged man who had been subdued through the repeated use of Tasers, the 11th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
Police settle beating lawsuit for $292,500
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: diabetes, drunk driving, Excessive Force, Nevada, police
A Nevada man and his wife are receiving $292,500 from Henderson police and the state of Nevada to settle a federal lawsuit stemming from a kicking and punching attack on the man during an October 2010 traffic stop.
Lawsuit says deputies broke man’s neck
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: Excessive Force, police, quadriplegic, South Carolina
A federal trial has been set in a case brought by a man who says Beaufort County sheriff’s deputies broke his neck when they arrested him two years ago.
Officers may be liable for use of dog to subdue driver
Published: January 19, 2012
Tags: civil rights, Excessive Force, Fourth Amendment, qualified immunity, §1983
A driver could proceed with an excessive force lawsuit against officers who allegedly allowed a police dog to bite him repeatedly after he fled from a traffic stop, the 11th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
Conviction doesn’t bar suit over police shooting
Published: November 14, 2011
Tags: civil rights, Excessive Force, Fourth Amendment, wrongful death, §1983
A wrongful death lawsuit arising from a police shooting is not barred by the conviction of the victim’s companion at the time for assault on an officer, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Officers may be liable for use of beanbag gun
Published: November 10, 2011
Tags: civil rights, Excessive Force, Fourth Amendment, §1983
Police officers may be liable for violating the civil rights of a suicidal young man who they shot and killed after attempts to subdue him with a beanbag gun failed, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.
Officers immune from liability for ‘excessive’ Taser use
Published: October 24, 2011
Tags: Excessive Force, Fourth Amendment, qualified immunity, Taser, §1983
Police who may have violated the Fourth Amendment by using their Tasers in an excessive manner are nonetheless entitled to immunity from civil rights claims, the en banc 9th Circuit has ruled.
Jury finds city liable for man’s death
Published: September 26, 2011
Tags: California, Excessive Force, police, police brutality, wrongful death
A federal jury has awarded a $4.5 million to the family of Martin Frederick Cotton II, who died in the custody of Eureka, Calif. police in 2007.
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