CIVIL RIGHTS – POLICE MISCONDUCT

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

• Municipality police shoot an unarmed African American man on the beach in response to a call of two Hispanic males with shotguns near the location. The victim was holding a radio and turned when he heard a voice say “drop the weapon”. He was shot in his back and on the side of his body.

• Police respond to a call where the caller, a military veteran who suffers from PTSD, claims he might hurt himself. After 5 hours of negotiations a sniper from the department shoots and kills the caller when his car moved a few feet forward.

• A police officer molested a youth on ride-along program.