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$400K Settlement After Cop Smashes Handcuffed Woman Into Concrete, Shattering Her Teeth Over Parking Ticket

commwatcherDecember 5, 2019December 5, 2019

by commwatcherDecember 5, 2019December 5, 201901169

HICKORY, N.C. – The city of Hickory, North Carolina has agreed to pay out a major settlement for an incident involving excessive use of force...

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Cop Sentenced To Prison For Pummeling Man Who Had His Hands Up

commwatcherNovember 25, 2019November 25, 2019

by commwatcherNovember 25, 2019November 25, 201903151

LAKE CHARLES, La. – Former Lake Charles Police Department officer, Robert Hammac was sentenced to 18 months in prison after he pled guilty to using...

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City Pays $50k After Body Cam Video Shows Cop Tasing Woman Sitting On Her Hands

commwatcherNovember 19, 2019November 19, 2019

by commwatcherNovember 19, 2019November 19, 201906058

Body camera video shows the incident that resulted in the Metro government paying a husband and wife $50,000 to avoid a lawsuit. Stephon Beckam and...