2012

Zenaida Hernandez visited a prisoner at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center on September 18, 2011. Ms. Hernandez was allowed to visit the prisoner briefly; a glass barrier separated them. Defendants then took her to a room and forced her to strip naked and remove her menstrual pad. Two defendants stood behind her, inspecting her naked body. Ms. Hernandez did not have any contraband, nor was there probable cause to believe she did.

N.M. (15) was walking to an after-school program when N.M. was arrested by 4 Boston police officers for armed robbery, although the officers had no reason to suspect N.M. of that crime. The robbery victim told the officers that N.M. was not involved in the crime. All of the criminal charges against N.M. were dropped after a prosecutor spoke to the victim. At the police station, an officer denied N.M. any opportunity to post bail. N.M. was sent to a juvenile detention center in Lowell and held overnight.

Police made a forced entry to execute a search warrant for suspect in a robbery of the video rental store. A flash-bang device was thrown blindly into the corner of a room where Plaintiff was hiding in the corner. Evidence showed that the device was thrown in the air more than 12 feet and approx 2-3 in the air. It landed in his lap/face (crouched over) and severely damaged his jaw. A mediation presentation can be viewed at the link below.

Simon Glik was arrested for illegal wiretapping for openly using his cell phone to record police brutality by the Boston police. Our lawsuit, brought with the ACLU of Mass., argued that the arrest violated Mr. Glik’s clearly established constitutional rights. The Defendants lost a motion to dismiss and appealed to the First Circuit. David Milton argued the appeal. The appeals court’s landmark decision in August 2011 declared that the First Amendment protects the right to record police carrying out their duties in a public place.

This is a civil rights action against Cambridge police for causing medical personnel to conduct an illegal internal body cavity search and unnecessary procedures on Plaintiff. These police officers requested that medical personnel at Cambridge Health Alliance’s Cambridge Hospital Campus conduct a digital rectal search and x-ray search of Jean-Baptiste’s abdomen without his consent or a court order. The medical personnel complied. The officers forced Mr.

On March 16, 2009, Boston police officers attacked O’Brien because they were angry that he was filming them with his cell phone. Officer Diep Nguyen grabbed O’Brien’s phone while officer David Williams threw O’Brien to the ground. Williams put his arms around O’Brien’s neck and applied pressure, choking O’Brien. Officers struck O’Brien in the head, causing bleeding and a contusion in his brain. Mr. O’Brien has not been able to return to work as a correctional officer.

Gelinas was speaking during the public comment period of a 4/14/10 school committee meeting. Gelinas said it was time for school officials, including Chairperson Boisselle, to be held responsible for their role in the death of Phoebe Prince. Before he could finish, Boisselle ordered Gelinas to sit down. Gelinas was escorted out of the meeting by police officers.

Ms. Reid, an inmate at MCI-Framingham, slipped and fell on a wet ramp while working in the prison kitchen, breaking her right ankle in two places. As a result of her injury, Ms. Reid contracted persistent MRSA infection. DOC employees failed to rectify the dangerous condition of the kitchen ramp, which they knew, or should have known, to be hazardous, and failed to warn of the danger. Ms. Reid continues to suffer from pain and emotional distress caused by these injuries and illnesses years after the incident.

Bifcurcated case. Plaintiff, a closed-head injury patient, was in his home when his wife phone local LEO to get her cell phone from her husband. While inside Plaintiff’s home, the officers jumped and beat Plaintiff with a baton. Officer testified that it “slipped” into an extended position; physical injuries demonstrated repeated blows. Fellow officer testified that based on the physical evidence, it couldn’t possibly have happened the way the defendant officer described…settled shortly after his officer’s deposition.