All posts tagged "excessive force"
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Principal Sued for Threatening to Kill Gay Couple’s Son
A federal lawsuit alleges a Milwaukee school administrator threatened and abused a student because the boy's parents are gay.
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Virginia gay Black man’s family files $26 million lawsuit against local police for April shooting
The family of a Virignia gay Black man shot by a sheriff's deputy in April has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $26 million in...
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HRC President Alphonso David: Senate Republicans’ policing “reform” bill is “offensive”
Civil rights groups call Republican bill a "non-starter" and the "wrong solution" to addressing racial bias in policing
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Kansas City mayor pardons man who filmed police officers’ alleged assault of transgender woman
Roderick Reed's video footage of Breona Hill's arrest led prosecutors to file excessive force charges against the two officers involved
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Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus endorses resolution condemning police brutality
Resolution calls for end to racial profiling and excessive force, and additional oversight to hold police accountable
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Two Kansas City police officers indicted for assaulting transgender woman
The officers claim they used "reasonable" force to subdue Breona Hill during an arrest last year
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Jury awards $1.75 million to gay Staten Island man who claims NYPD assaulted him and called him “faggot”
The city is reviewing its legal options, pointing to what it calls "inconsistencies" in Louis Falcone's story
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Federal judge throws out bulk of lawsuit over trans woman’s death
A federal judge has dismissed the bulk of a civil lawsuit against police in Berkeley, Calif., brought by the family of a transgender woman who died...
