A bus driver in France was declared brain dead Monday after being attacked by several people he refused to let aboard because they were not wearing face masks as required during the coronavirus outbreak.
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Harvey Weinstein and his former studio’s board have reached a nearly $19 million settlement with dozens of his sexual misconduct accusers, New York state’s attorney general and lawyers in a class-action lawsuit said Tuesday.
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Body camera video shows Antonio Arnelo Smith handing his driver’s license to a black police officer and answering questions cooperatively before a white officer walks up behind him, wraps him in a bear hug and slams him face-first to the ground.
Read moreA San Antonio-area sheriff Wednesday announced a felony assault charge against a man angry about required face masks during the Covid-19 pandemic who was caught on video slapping the hand of the county judge who ordered it.
Read moreThe Montana Supreme Court reversed a man’s conviction of assault on a peace officer. The man thought he was pulling a prank on a friend when he aimed a broken BB gun out of his front door, but he actually aimed the gun at a police sergeant, who was there to tell him he had been banned from a casino. The man, who was sentenced to eight years in prison, did not use a “weapon” pursuant to state law.
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An Arab Israeli diplomat once deployed abroad to counter Israel’s critics says he was beaten by security guards at Jerusalem’s central bus station last week in what he believes was a case of ethnic profiling.
Read moreJane Doe sued Uber in L.A. Superior Court, claiming she was sexually battered by a driver, at least the 36th such lawsuit against the company in the past 365 days.
Read moreSan Francisco will start offering compensation to victims of police violence, regardless of whether officers involved are prosecuted for assault or found to have used excessive force, the city’s progressive district attorney Chesa Boudin announced Tuesday.
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Ruling on the interplay of two procedural rules in criminal law, the Supreme Court on Monday revived a Texas man’s effort to challenge his 30-year sentence for aggravated assault.
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A Mexican woman sued prison contractor CoreCivic on Wednesday, claiming a man in street clothes beat and raped her in its Houston detention center and she gave birth to his daughter after she was deported.
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In a rape case that sparked outrage over the ruling that a finger in the anus is no more sexual than a handshake, Croatia won a bit of save-face for protecting the victim’s privacy.
Read moreA federal court in Alabama ruled in favor of a woman who brought assault and false arrest claims against a former police officer who had sex with her at least 15 times when she was between 14 and 17 years old, while he was on duty. After their “relationships” ended the officer allegedly sprayed her in the face with pepper spray and arrested her for minor-in-possession after pouring beer in her car. The officer has made no attempt to defend himself against the claims.
Read moreA woman claims in federal court that Kentucky-based Paschall Truck Lines refused to provide a female on-the-road trainer for her, but assigned her a trainer with an “extensive criminal history” and he “forcibly raped and sodomized” her repeatedly on the road, and when she reported it, it fired her.
Read moreAfter an appeals court revived claims over a student’s mistaken-identity arrest, the Supreme Court on Monday said it will decide whether the initial dismissal of the case amounted to a merits judgment.
Read moreA woman sued Uber in L.A. Superior Court, claiming a driver sexually battered and beat her, stole her cellphone so she couldn’t call for help, double-billed her, tipping himself $10 and stole $60 from her purse.
Read moreA delivery driver claims in federal court that Los Angeles sheriff’s officers beat the hell out of him for no reason at all, while hurling racial epithets at him, then jailed him for 11 hours, also for no reason.
Read moreAn appeals court in Florida directed a lower court to reinstate a jury verdict awarding $125,000 to a high school football player who was taunted and physically assaulted by his coach. The player said the coach pinched and twisted his nipple on numerous occasions for extended periods of time, permanently disfiguring it.
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A petrochemical company’s criminal trial over air pollutants released during Hurricane Harvey that sickened first responders was pushed back three days Monday when a state judge sanctioned prosecutors.
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