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Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed by Man Shot by Police During a Routine Traffic Stop

October 19, 2013

Last November, after being pulled over at a routine traffic stop, a Pittsburgh man was shot four times by police officers. Now paralyzed, the man has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit this month in U.S. District Court against the City of Pittsburgh, police leaders, and three officers. The lawsuit alleges assault, use of excessive […]

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Police High-Speed Chases Lead to Fatalities and Lawsuits in Georgia

April 11, 2012

The Atlanta Journal Constitution recently described the large liabilities faced by Georgia state and county governments for the disastrous results of high-speed chases that take the lives of innocent motorists and pedestrians. Deaths resulting from high-speed chases have made headlines recently as the widow of one man killed by a police cruiser took Gwinnett County […]

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Georgia Attorneys File Lawsuit Alleging Abuse at Fulton County School Leading to Death of Special Needs Student

March 3, 2012

The parents of Aaron Hatcher, an 18-year-old suffering from muscular dystrophy and cerebral palsy, are suing the Fulton County School District alleging abuse by the school. Though the school district is not being sued for Hatcher’s death, the conduct of school personnel seems to be implicated in it. According to Hatcher’s father, Ronald, the boy […]

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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Brought Against Kentucky Jail for Inadequate Medical Treatment

February 2, 2012

This Tuesday, the mother of a 26-year-old man who died while in a Lexington, Kentucky jail has sued a number of jail employees, accusing them of causing his wrongful death. Janet Davis claims that last summer, when her son Anthony Dwayne Davis was booked into the Fayette County Detention Center, jail employees ignored their pleas […]

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Youth killed at Augusta YDC sparks GBI Investigation

November 14, 2011

On Monday evening, a vicious attack at the Augusta Youth Development Campus in Augusta, Georgia left a 19-year-old inmate dead. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is now looking into the matter. The young man, Jade Holder, was in his jail cell when a group of inmates entered his cell and savagely beat him. Jade’s mother, […]

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