Plaintiff was found outside ballpark with the credit card of a police captain’s daughter. Police captain and other unknown officers beat him, put a loaded gun in his mouth, and broke teeth. Captain sentenced to 7 years prison on federal 1983 charges.
Client was an African American female detained for approximately twenty hours. The allegation was she was selling marijuana. No marijuana was found on her person. The judge threw the charges out at the arraignment. She worked for NYC and was drug tested subsequent to this and lost about a week of work. The client wanted to proceed with the settlement to be done with everything. She did not seek any medical (psychological or otherwise) attention and lost about $375 in wages.
Plaintiff was found outside ballpark with the credit card of a police captain’s daughter. Police captain and other unknown officers beat him, put a loaded gun in his mouth, and broke teeth. Captain sentenced to 7 years prison on federal 1983 charges.
David Woodman was a 22-year-old man who was walking home from the Fenway Park area in June, 2008 after the Boston Celtics won the NBA championship. As David passed a group of police officers, he was arrested for carrying an open container of beer. Witnesses reported that police officers slammed David to the ground. David was held by the police until EMTs arrived. When the EMTs arrived, David was not breathing, he had no pulse, and his body was blue and cold. He suffered a cardiac arrhythmia and brain damage. David died at the hospital 11 days later.