Tag: federal lawsuit

Leonard Cure Update: Federal Lawsuit Names ‘Extremely Aggressive’ Georgia Cop Who Killed Unarmed Black Driver

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Camden County Sheriff’s Office The family of a Black driver who was killed last year during a traffic stop in Georgia by a police officer with a history of brutality on the job filed a federal lawsuit for the shooting death of the unarmed 53-year-old man who had been exonerated from […]

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Justice For Christopher Clayton Rice: Ex-Virginia Cop Sued For Shooting Mentally Ill Black Man

NewsOne Featured Video United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. | Source: Google Maps A former police officer in Virginia was recently sued for the shooting of a Black man in the throes of a mental health crisis more than two years ago. Lawyers for Christopher Clayton Rice said […]

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RIP Jawan Dallas: Family Of Unarmed Black Man Who Alabama Cops Tased ‘Until He Died’ Announcing Lawsuit

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Wukela Communications The family of an unarmed Black man who lawyers say was tased to death by police in Alabama is preparing a federal lawsuit in the case. Jawan Dallas, 36, died on July 2 in the city of Mobile from injuries sustained during an altercation with police, who tased him […]

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Cop Tasing Black Man ‘Midair’ Caused Brain Damage, Federal Lawsuit Accuses Georgia Police

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Wukela Communications / Wukela Communications This article contains graphic and violent imagery that some readers and viewers may find uncomfortable. Police in Georgia who tasered a Black man while he was in “midair” not only violated law enforcement policy but also contributed to brain damage sustained during an encounter nearly two […]

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