This brief discusses how people that are incarcerated and forced to accept money on release cards are already targeted by financial institutions for predatory schemes and can't afford the high fees and other barriers that come with accessing money through the cards.
Police were doing a warrant sweep in an area where many homeless people sleep. They woke up my client to check for warrants. Incident was caught on in car video, low quality. Officer claimed plaintiff spit at him. Officer punched plaintiff in the head, a glancing blow, no physical damages. Internal investigation found force excessive and officer received one day suspension.