A Providence Police Department internal investigation is underway following an incident early Sunday morning that left a local man with injuries that he claims were caused by a police officer. Eric Rodriquez, 27, showed Target 12 2 black eyes and several scrapes and bruises on his face and body. He says a police officer stopped him while he was walking on Potters Avenue near Harriet Street, just before 1 in the morning on Sunday. "I still don't know why they stopped me. And I didn't deserve this," Rodriguez says, referring to his injuries. "At one point, my eyes were swollen shut, worse than they are now. He hit me repeatedly in the face, and then moved my face to the other side and hit me repeatedly on that side"
Indianapolis settles Brandon Johnson's police brutality lawsuit for $150,000
It has been three years since Indianapolis teen Brandon Johnson was beaten by police officers as he challenged the arrest of his brother. At the time, then-Police Chief Paul Ciesielski called it one of the worst cases of excessive force he had seen in 23 years. Then-Public Safety Director Frank Straub issued a public apology. His mother settled a federal lawsuit against the city of Indianapolis for $150,000.
Two Marion SC Police officers were fired Friday after they were charged this week following an investigation by State Law Enforcement Division. Sgt. Eric Walters and Frankie Brown were booked Thursday at the Marion County Detention Center on charges of assault and battery, first degree and misconduct in office. The case stems from an incident April 2 when a woman was hit with a Taser multiple times, the arrest warrant says.
Wheeling, West
Virginia: A former sheriff will spend a year in federal prison for his role in
the beating of a robbery suspect. He will also serve 18 months’ probation and
pay his victim $1,850. ow.ly/kZ6u0 The Cato Institutes National
Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Recap 05-11-13 to 05-13-13 http://www.policemisconduct.net/national-police-misconduct-newsfeed-daily-recap-05-11-13-05-13-13/
Strasburg,
Virginia: A police officer lost his job over accusations that he used excessive
force against a suspect in a drug case, falsified records and violated safety
rules without a threat to life. Said the chief in a letter to the officer,
“Although you deny the allegations, the evidence in this case is overwhelmingly
against you in all three allegations.” ow.ly/kZ2LL The Cato Institutes National Police Misconduct
NewsFeed Daily Recap 05-11-13 to 05-13-13
http://www.policemisconduct.net/national-police-misconduct-newsfeed-daily-recap-05-11-13-05-13-13/
Leland police
officer in wrongful arrest claim resigns
A
Leland Police officer resigned last
week, days after the town received a letter from a man saying he was wrongfully
arrested by the officer.The letter was sent to the town by Katherine Parker of
Tin Fulton Walker and Owen law firm, who represents Darryl Langley. Langley also
contends that Smith allowed the removal of $10,000 worth of work equipment
stolen from his house in June 2011. Smith and former Officer Andrew Correll
responded to a call to assist Langley's former girlfriend Aimee Coleman in
retrieving items from Langley's house. Correll resigned from the police force
in Nov. 2012 after being cited for affray in a street fight outside of a
Wilmington bar.
Meriden
Police Brutality Case Going to Trial
After
failing to have police brutality charges against him dismissed, Meriden police
officer Evan Cossette is going to trial. Cossette, indicted by the federal
government last year, is accused of shoving a prison whose hands were cuffed
while being held inside a holding cell at the Meriden Police Department in
2010. The victim received a head injury as a result. Cossette, the son of
Police Chief Jeffry Cossette, was indicted by a grand jury that issued two
counts, including a charge that Evan Cossette lied on official police reports
about the incident. Under the indictment, Cossette is charged with one count of
use of unreasonable force by a law enforcement officerand one count of obstruction of a federal
investigation by preparing a false report, which carries a maximum prison term
of 20 years and a fine of up to $250,000.