Ohio Police Beat Homeless Veteran Into Coma, Leaving Him Permanently Disabled

A complaint lodged against the sheriff’s office alleges that officers stood in the way of a surveillance camera so that the beating wouldn’t be captured on video.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Sheriff Phil Plummer, pictured during a press conference, has so far declined to comment on the allegations in the lawsuit.

DAYTON, Ohio  — A federal lawsuit alleges that officers at an Ohio jail beat a homeless veteran so severely that he ended up in a coma for two months and is now wheelchair-bound and cognitively disabled. Joseph Guglielmo, 59, filed the civil rights suit against Montgomery County's commissioners, its sheriff and six employees of the sheriff's

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Cop Caught On Video Holding Woman’s Head To Lit Stove, Breaking Her Nose

The officer was soon “relieved of duty” and placed on administrative leave, according to the Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Amber Smith.

Jackson Marciana | Counter Current News
By Jackson Marciana | Counter Current News

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy was recently arraigned and charged with several felony counts that included setting fire to a domestic companion’s hair, threatening to murder her with his firearm and breaking her nose. The allegations come from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, which tells us that Deputy Alejandro

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Death Of Paul Castaway Highlights Denver’s Overlooked Police Brutality Problem

A broad coalition of Denver activists are demanding justice and an end to police brutality, but they’re coming up against increasing police violence and arrests.

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell
A protester Michael J. Moore holds a sign against the city jail in Denver, CO.

DENVER --- The death of a Rosebud Sioux man in Denver earlier this month is a painful reminder that police shootings are not limited to any one part of the United States, and certainly not just to places that received mainstream media attention after recent killings. On July 12, Lynn Eagle Feather called police for help with her schizophrenic

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Police Misconduct Cost Taxpayers Over $1B Since 2010

New York City taxpayers will ultimately foot the bill on a recent $5.9 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit over the police killing of Eric Garner last year on Staten Island, New York.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
A demonstrator holds a sign calling for justice during a rally in New York

MINNEAPOLIS --- As victims of police misconduct across the country file an increasing number of lawsuits, taxpayers are bearing the brunt of the financial burden. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the 10 U.S. cities with the largest police departments paid out over $248 million in settlements last year in cases related to police

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LAPD Officer Sets Girlfriend On Fire, Keeps Job

According to the DA’s office, the attack occurred on June 28 when Flores began hitting the woman over a disagreement regarding their child’s pacifier.

Eva Decesare | The Free Thought Project
By Eva Decesare | The Free Thought Project

Los Angeles, Ca — Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy faces multiple charges after attacking his live-in girlfriend and mother of his child, torturing her as he held her head over a stove, lighting her hair on fire. The Orange County district attorney’s office reports that Deputy Alejandro Flores will appear in court Tuesday to face a litany of

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FBI Director Admits: “Officers Must Work To Bridge The Gap With The Communities They Protect.

Comey described police and communities as “two lines” that “bend away from each other”.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

BALTIMORE — FBI Director says officers must work to bridge a gap with the communities they protect. Comey spoke Friday in Baltimore, where anger turned to rioting this spring following the death of a man injured in police custody. Six officers are charged in Freddie Gray's arrest and death. Meanwhile, homicides are up, arrests are down and the

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