FAMILY SETTLES FOR $1.9 MILLION AFTER POLICE HOLD CHILDREN AT GUNPOINT
A Black family of five was awarded $1.9 million to settle their lawsuit against the City of Aurora, Colorado, after being wrongfully...
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Audit Watch: The Accountability Alert Blog
Feb 21 min read
JUDGE DISMISSES ALL CHARGES AGAINST “LONG ISLAND AUDIT” STEMMING FROM NYPD INCIDENT
A New York court has dismissed all charges against well-known First Amendment auditor SeanPaul Reyes, AKA Long Island Audit, for a 2023...
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Feb 11 min read
NY CITY COUNCIL ACTS TO INCREASE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
In a significant political defeat, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a former police officer and advocate for strong policing, lost a...
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Jan 312 min read
WOMAN WHO POLICE LEFT AT A DUMP AWARDED $3 MILLION
A Chico, California, woman has received $3 million from the city of Oroville for a lawsuit stemming from a 2021 incident that left her...
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Jan 292 min read
MICHIGAN CASE HIGHLIGHTS PUBLIC TRUST EROSION DUE TO POLICE DISHONESTY
In Keego Harbor, Michigan, a white police officer, Richard Lindquist, was accused of lying to a Black pedestrian, Brian Chaney, during a...
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Jan 281 min read
INCREASED POLICE SPENDING NOT LINKED TO LOWER CRIME RATES
A recent study of twenty Canadian municipalities has found no clear link between increased police spending and lower crime levels....
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Jan 271 min read
NYC'S BATTLE FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY: THE HOW MANY STOPS ACT VOTE
The New York City Council is set to vote on Tuesday to override Mayor Eric Adams' veto of a contentious police stops bill, known as the...
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Jan 271 min read
STOPPING POLICE LYING DURING INTERROGATIONS TO INCREASE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
A Virginia legislator is spearheading an effort to establish guidelines for police interrogation practices, aiming to enhance police...
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Jan 262 min read
MAN ALLEGES POLICE BRUTALITY, SUES FOR $40 MILLION
A 58-year-old Elyria, Ohio, man has filed a $40 million lawsuit against Lorain County (OH) and the city of Elyria employees, alleging...
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Jan 252 min read
FLORIDA BILLS LIMITING POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY MOVE FORWARD
Two significant bills that could reshape the oversight of law enforcement in Florida are advancing through the state legislature. One...
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Jan 222 min read
GET OUT OF JAIL FREE: OFFICER PUNISHED FOR FIGHTING POLICE CORRUPTION
A lengthy article in the New York Times describes the plight of Mathew Bianchi, a police officer in Staten Island, New York. Bianchi...
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Jan 221 min read
$300K SETTLEMENT TO CANCER PATIENT FOR POLICE BRUTALITY
The City of Long Beach, California, has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a man who was...
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Jan 191 min read
COURT: OFFICIAL’S FREE SPEECH RIGHTS VIOLATED FOR CRITICIZING SHERIFF
An Ohio county commissioner found herself at the center of a pivotal First Amendment case when she was arrested for criticizing the local...
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Jan 191 min read
MORE CITIES ENACTING PUBLIC PHOTOGRAPHY POLICIES
As part of a growing trend, the City Council in Zachary, Louisiana, has approved a resolution designating which areas in city buildings...
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Jan 151 min read
WRONGFUL DEATH: THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF A POLICE ENCOUNTER
A California woman whose son was paralyzed and then died as a result of an encounter with police is now suing the Stanislaus County (CA)...
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Jan 151 min read
MAN SUES AFTER FLORIDA COP PULLS GUN AND UNLAWFULLY ARRESTS HIM
A Palm Beach, Florida, man is suing a former Palm Beach Police officer for pulling a gun on him and arresting him improperly. This...
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Jan 131 min read
POLICE SHOOTING AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER WILL COST DENVER $2.3 MILLION
The Denver City Council is expected to approve a $2.3 million settlement with a Denver man who was blinded in his left eye after being...
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Jan 131 min read
OFFICER ARRESTED FOR ABUSING HANDCUFFED MAN
A Waukegan (IL) Police Department officer has been arrested and charged with two counts of felony official misconduct and two counts of...
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Jan 82 min read
ALASKA BOROUGH ISSUES POLICY REGARDING PUBLIC PHOTOGRAPHY
In response to a First Amendment Audit incident last year, the Kenai Peninsula Borough (AK) has issued a new policy detailing rules for...
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Jan 52 min read
MORE FORMER COFFEE CITY OFFICERS INDICTED – “WANDERING OFFICERS” HIGHLIGHTED
Two former officers of the now-disbanded Coffee City (TX) Police Department have been indicted by a grand jury for alleged misconduct,...
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