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Evanston Woman Dies After Months in Coma Following Police Encounter

A federal lawsuit accuses Evanston officers of using excessive force and failing to respond when she showed signs of a medical crisis.

Family Files Claim After Video Shows Fairfield Officer Pulling and Punching Teen

Detroit and Warren Police Sued Over Alleged Warrantless Home Entries and Force

Jury Awards $5.7 Million to Chicago Family Over 2018 Botched SWAT Raid

Chicago Wrongful-Raid Trial Opens With Emotional Testimony From Grandmother

Glendale Detectives Shoot Suspect Who Pointed Gun During Phoenix Foot Chase

Federal Lawsuit Accuses Ex-APD Officer and Austin of Excessive Force in 2024 Arrest

Jury Awards $4 Million After Clinton Township Officer’s Punch Blinds Man in One Eye

Jury Orders LVMPD to Pay $6.5 Million in 2020 Protest Killing, Finds Two Officers Liable

Solano County Agrees to Pay $17 Million in Settlement Over 2020 Dixon Arrest

Jacksonville Driver Beaten in Viral Traffic Stop Files Federal Civil-Rights Suit

Colorado Springs Approves $3.2 Million Settlement Over 2018 Taser Death

Tepoztlán Launches Probe After Tourists Claim Police Assault

Hannah Thomas Files Civil Suit After Alleged Police Punch at Protest

Supreme Court Rejects 'Moment of Threat' Doctrine in Police Use-of-Force Cases

Family of U.S. Airman Killed by Florida Deputy Files Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit

L.A. County Deputy Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Transgender Man in Civil Rights Case

California Settles Lawsuit Over Police K-9 Attack for $1 Million

DOJ Exposes Severe Racial Bias and Unconstitutional Policing in Lexington, MS

Arkansas Inmate Files Federal Lawsuit After Patrol Car Beating