Recent Posts in Police Brutality/Excessive Force Category
Posted on Sep 28, 2010 By Lanier Law Group
In the city of Minneapolis, reports indicate that a family of a teenager who was shot and killed by a police officer in the state will be appealing their wrongful death lawsuit to the Supreme Court. ...
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Posted on Mar 16, 2010 By Lanier Law Group
The family of a North Carolina teenager who was killed after police tasered him with a stun gun has filed a lawsuit against the gun's manufacturer. Darryl Wayne Turner, 17, died of cardiac arrest ...
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Posted on Mar 2, 2010 By Lanier Law Group
A lawsuit has been filed against four Florida police departments and several individual officers by the family of a man who was fatally shot by a Lee County sheriff's deputy last year. The family of ...
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Posted on Feb 19, 2010 By Lanier Law Group
A police officer with the Highland Park Police Department in Michigan is standing trial for using excessive force against an inmate. The incident occurred in November 2007 after 33-year-old Veretta ...
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