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Police Release Full Body Cam Footage of LAPD Cop Who Repeatedly Punched Surrendering Man

commwatcherMay 13, 2020May 13, 2020

by commwatcherMay 13, 2020May 13, 202003049

Earlier this month a disturbing video that showed LAPD officer Frank A. Hernandez repeatedly punching Richard Castillo who appeared to be surrendering gain heavy exposure....

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Video: Federal Lawsuit Filed After Denver Police Beat Man In His Own Backyard

commwatcherMay 8, 2020May 8, 2020

by commwatcherMay 8, 2020May 8, 20200843

A lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court alleges that Justin Lecheminant was beat in his own backyard by Denver Police after he admitted to driving...

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Cops Not Wearing Masks, Beat Man And Threaten To Arrest Others “For Not Wearing A Mask”

commwatcherMay 6, 2020May 6, 2020

by commwatcherMay 6, 2020May 6, 202001502

An NYPD officer was caught on video punching a man in his head during an arrest in East New York on Sunday. According to the...

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LAPD Officer Under Investigation After Video Shows Him Repeatedly Punching Detained Man

commwatcherMay 6, 2020May 6, 2020

by commwatcherMay 6, 2020May 6, 20200897

A disturbing video recently posted online that shows an unidentified Los Angeles Police Department officer repeatedly punching a man in the face and head has...

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NYPD Cop Enforcing Social Distancing Beats Bystander To the Ground and Sits on His Head

commwatcherMay 4, 2020May 4, 2020

by commwatcherMay 4, 2020May 4, 202003579

On Saturday around 5:30 p.m. NYPD officers where enforcing social-distancing rules by breaking a group of people near the corner of East Ninth Street and...

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Police Say Man Charged At Them, Video Shows He Was On His Knees When Multiple Officers Opened Fire

commwatcherMay 1, 2020May 1, 2020

by commwatcherMay 1, 2020May 1, 202005851

Houston, TX – Last week Houston police officers claimed they shot and killed a 27-year-old, unnamed man after he charged them, but recent cell phone...

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Police Officer Detain’s Women’s Service Dog On Her Own Property

commwatcherApril 26, 2020April 26, 2020

by commwatcherApril 26, 2020April 26, 20200962

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Lawsuit Alleges Cops Suffocated Innocent Elderly Blind Man in Hospital Until He Passed Out

commwatcherApril 4, 2020April 4, 2020

by commwatcherApril 4, 2020April 4, 202006719

The Los Angeles Police Department is facing a lawsuit from a 63-year-old legally blind man who is alleging an officer suffocated him while he was...

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Victim Of Unlawful Prison Beating Sues 6 Guards

commwatcherApril 2, 2020April 25, 2020

by commwatcherApril 2, 2020April 25, 202002131

An inmate in a Wisconsin prison is suing two former correctional officers who were convicted of unlawfully beating him in his cell, along with four...

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Two Former Corrections Officers Sentenced To Prison, Home Confinement For Beating Inmate

commwatcherMarch 28, 2020March 28, 2020

by commwatcherMarch 28, 2020March 28, 202003589

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Two former Louisville correctional officers involved in the punching of a restrained detainee and cover-up of the crime have been sentenced...