Police Misconduct Blog

Five years ago, Edson Thevenin, 37, was shot and killed by Troy, New York police sergeant Randy French after a car chase. In August 2021, the city of Troy reached a $1.55 million settlement in the case, but with no admission of fault or liability. French had shot Thevenin eight times.
The Car...

Here is a fact that most people don’t know. 41 percent of jail suicides happen within the first week of incarceration. Those figures come from the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics. A significant percentage of suicides also happen in the next two weeks.
Jail suicides have become a...

The New Orleans District Attorney has reached a $2 million settlement in the case of a wrongfully convicted man.
Robert Jones, now 48, spent 23 years behind bars at the notorious Angola prison for rape and murder. He was released in November 2015 following an appeals court decision that...

The family of a man shot and killed by Kyle Rittenhouse at last year’s Kenosha, Wisconsin protests has filed a federal civil lawsuit against local law enforcement. The lawsuit alleges the city of Kenosha, along with its police department and the county sheriff’s department, conspired...

A July 26 incident caught on video has resulted in five Miami Beach police officers charged with misdemeanor assault and battery in their attack on a man suspected of hitting a fellow officer with his scooter.
Dalonta Crudup, 24, was suspected of striking a Miami Beach bicycle police officer...

The family of a young Louisville mother seeks answers to her death while in custody in a Southern Indiana jail. She had bruises on her face at the time of her demise. She also had a fever and vomited just before she died. Attorneys for the family claim Jackson County Jail officials ignored her...

In July, a surprise inspection of the Oklahoma County Jail by the state Health Department resulted in the facility being barred from holding juveniles. In addition, inspectors found that procedures were violated in the June 24th death in custody of an adult detainee.
Lee Chouteau, 31, was...

In the winter of 2019, the conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn were dire. Freezing temperatures and lack of maintenance caused inmates to bang on windows and flash SOS signals via lights to alert those on the streets below to their plight. Those housed in the cells...

A review of California Highway Patrol (CHP) internal investigations shows that sexual misconduct among officers was almost normalized. Those officers who were found to have engaged in sexual misconduct may have been terminated, but only half were ever investigated criminally or had their cases...

On June 29, South Carolina’s Department of Corrections received approval of a $6 million settlement for victims of the deadly 2018 riot at Lee Correctional Institution (LCI). The riot left seven dead, more than 12 injured, and spawned more than 80 lawsuits.
The lawsuits alleged that...