A federal court in California refused to dismiss a former University of California, Berkeley, student’s suit claiming that the school’s “deliberate indifference to sexual harassment” led to her assault. The student says the university should have provided sexual misconduct education.
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A Houston repairman who was held at gunpoint last October by a private investigator who suspected he was involved in a ballot-harvesting scam filed a lawsuit against the Republican activist who financed the investigation.
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A parolee convicted of killing his mother nearly two decades ago was arrested on charges including felony assault as a hate crime for attacking an Asian American woman near New York City’s Times Square, police said early Wednesday.
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An Asian American woman was attacked by a man who repeatedly kicked her in front of witnesses who seemingly stood by, according to surveillance footage released by the New York City Police Department.
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A federal jury on Monday failed to convict one current and two former St. Louis police officers accused of beating an undercover Black officer during a 2017 protest.
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Police in Lubbock, Texas, say an Arizona man forced a National Guard envoy transporting Covid-19 vaccines off the road and held members at gunpoint, believing the three vans were carrying a kidnapped woman and child. His charges include aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, unlawful restraint and impersonating a public servant.
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The Second Circuit ruled that a trial court improperly instructed a jury on assault claims against a police officer arising from the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. While New York law allows the use of reasonable force by police for crowd control, the justification charge given to the jury indicated the officer’s subjective intent could be considered, which is contrary to the objective standard of assessment in the law. Because that error was prejudicial, a new trial is warranted.
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The criminal complaint describes three members of law enforcement who were attacked in the face with bear spray when pro-Trump extremists breached the U.S. Capitol building.
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A New Jersey state appeals court overturned a man’s assault conviction as unjust after the trial court refused to allow the jury to see a cellphone video of the defendant’s family’s interaction with police at the scene of the crime. The video directly rebutted the prosecutor’s claim that family members lied about their attempt to speak to the police, and contradicted police claims that they thoroughly canvassed the area for witnesses.
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Prosecutors say the ex-State Department aide incited the Capitol mob as it tried to breach police lines and shoved a riot shield into an officer.
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An elderly protester who was seen in a viral video being shoved to the ground by police in Buffalo, New York, last summer sued the city and several officers, saying they assaulted him and then walked past him as he lay unconscious on the sidewalk with blood pouring from his skull. He also claims a weeklong curfew in response to Black Lives Matter protests was unconstitutional.
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A former Houston police captain accused of pulling a gun on a man he thought was involved in a ballot-harvesting scam said he is giving up private investigative work at a bond hearing Friday.
Read moreA former Houston police captain has been arrested on an assault charge, accused of forcing a driver off the road and threatening him at gunpoint while investigating baseless election fraud claims.
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A federal judge dismissed tort claims stemming from a FedEx driver’s alleged assault of a business owner after he complained about damage to a package containing Star Wars replica merchandise.
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A Black man beaten up by several French police officers said he is seeking justice after the publication of videos showing officers repeatedly punching him, using a truncheon and tear gas against him for no apparent reason.
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MANHATTAN (CN) — The Second Circuit on Monday revived a suit that accuses Madison Square Garden of deploying unreasonable force
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A Swiss photographer who closed a door on a Chinese mainlander moments before he was assaulted during last year’s Hong Kong protests was on Friday found not guilty of aiding the attack.
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The attorney for Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend called a counterclaim filed by the Louisville police officer he shot during the fatal raid on Taylor’s apartment “baseless,” claiming Friday it is an attempt to intimidate his client.
Read moreA Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy was properly convicted of making false statements to the FBI about an incident in which several other deputies assaulted a jail visitor and brought false charges against him, the Ninth Circuit ruled.
Read moreA schoolteacher who was charged with hitting one of the 9-year-olds in her science class with a book brought a malicious prosecution suit on Tuesday, saying her reputation remains in tatters despite having been exonerated of any crime.
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