Sergeant says his rights were violated during a traffic stop when an officer pulled down his pants and underwear, exposing his genitals to the public, according to the lawsuit.
Allan Sergeant said he was strip searched by a Laurel police officer in the middle of a parking lot in front of a CVS pharmacy.
Calls settlement’s police reforms “a model for other law enforcement agencies” After nearly 13 years of litigation, a federal judge has approved an unprecedented settlement…
Excerpt from The Washington Post Ending a 13-year legal struggle, a federal judge gave final approval Monday to a settlement in which the federal government…
Reprint from The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia’s Office of Police Complaints issued a scathing report this week on how officers with the Metropolitan Police Department continually…
Reprint from DCist.com Thirteen years after nearly 400 protesters were arrested in a mass sweep at Pershing Park, a proposed $2.2 million settlement would reform how…
From Democracy Now The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has announced an unprecedented settlement with the Obama administration to change the way the U.S. Park Police…
Reprint from the Huffington Post WASHINGTON — On Monday morning, the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund announced that it had reached a historic $2.2 million settlement with…
Reprint from WASHINGTON (WUSA9) A $2.2 million settlement has been reached over the 2002 arrest of nearly 400 people in D.C.. The arrests were made in…
Reprint from the Associated Press — A proposed $2.2 million settlement of a case that started with the arrests of hundreds of protesters in 2002 would change…
Model for ‘best practices’ in policing demonstrations U.S. District Court issues preliminary approval for class action settlement After more than 12 years of class-action litigation,…
By Peter Rugh for Waging Nonviolence The New York Police Department has reportedly been giving young adults free tickets to screenings of “Selma,” and last month, on Martin Luther King…