Update A grand jury returned their decision yesterday, September 23, 2020, to indict Brett Hankison on three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, a Class D felony. Hankison, one of three officers charged for the death of 26-year-old emergency-room technician Breonna Taylor, was the only officer indicted for Taylor’s death. If convicted, he will serve a …
A second, independent autopsy has concluded that George Floyd’s death was homicide caused by asphyxiation (or suffocation) due to sustained pressure on his neck and back by Minneapolis police officers, according to Ben Crump, the lead attorney for George Floyd’s family, and his co-counsels. This differs from the state’s version. Preliminary autopsy results by the …
Police officers are supposed to protect a person’s rights when enforcing the law, yet police brutality, which violates a person’s constitutional rights, is a big problem. Wrongful shootings, tasings, and beatings are, disturbingly, common forms of police brutality. Police officers have the right to protect themselves from threats of harm, but they cannot do so …
With 12,000 officers on the Chicago Police force, problematic behavior among some individuals is to be expected. What is more surprising is that a very small fraction – 124 officers – account of a third of all misconduct lawsuits settlements since 2009. The police misconduct lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm shed light on …
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of a police officer who shot and killed a fugitive in a high-speed chase. In the dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor condemns our culture of police brutality, which not only allowed the officer to be reckless in his actions but ultimately granted him immunity. Our police brutality lawyers highlight Justice …
This investigation comes to light just days after a CPD commander was charged with official misconduct and aggravated battery after he put his gun in a suspect’s mouth and threatened to kill him. Commander Glenn Evans, who was one of Chicago Police Superintendents Garry McCarthy’s most valued officers, oversees the West Side’s Harrison patrol district, …
The South by Southwest (SXSW) festival recently concluded in Austin, Texas, and three people will never come home. The man responsible for their deaths, 21-year-old Rashad Owens, is charged with capital murder and aggravated assault after her intentionally ran his car into a crowd of festival-goers. Overall, 25 people were injured, and six remain in …
A woman in California recently filed a lawsuit against local police who negligently used pepper spray against her, causing traumatic brain injury and significant eye damage. Our team of police misconduct lawyers examines the details of this case and the injury claims this woman is making. The incident occurred in Beaumont, California, in February 2012 after officers …
A lawsuit was recently filed in federal court by a deaf man who was beaten, tased and arrested by California police who mistook his sign language for threatening gestures. The 32-year-old man is suing the Hawthorne Police Department for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and causing him great bodily harm. Police misconduct lawyers at Pintas & …
Yesterday, on January 1, 2014, Illinois became the final state to enact concealed carry gun laws. Residents may now apply for a permit, provided they undergo an extensive background check and complete training classes. Should no problems arise, a state-issued permit will arrive within 90 days. Gun injury lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm take a …
Police misconduct lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm report on a recent tragedy in North Carolina, the killing of an unarmed African American 24-year-old man, Jonathan Ferrell. Authorities confirm Ferrell, a former college football star, was shot ten times while seeking help after a car accident. Coming in the wake of other crime news in …
Police misconduct lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm highlight a troubling story out of Chicago involving a police officer and the death of a 47-year-old woman, Catherine Weiland. Weiland was shot while sitting on her couch in her apartment in the early hours of February 18, 2009, while alone with Sergeant Steven Lesner. The bullet …
Police misconduct lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm report that Chicago taxpayers will spend over $12 million to compensate two more victims of police torture in connection with former Area 2 Commander Jon Burge. This settlement brings the amount paid to Burge’s victims by the city to an astonishing $95.5 million. The two men, Marvin …
Police brutality lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm confirm that a jurors in Chicago awarded a mother $8.5 million in a trial surrounding the death of her 18-year-old son. The teen was shot in the back by Chicago police in 2007 during a police chase on the West Side. The Cook County jury took only …
Police brutality lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm continue to report on the decades-long saga over former Police Commander Jon Burge and the men tortured under his authority. Now, twelve more men with credible claims of police torture are getting their day in court. We have written extensively about this case, which centers on Jon Burge and …
Police brutality lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm announce that a federal jury recently found that a police officer in San Jose was guilty of using unreasonable force on a man by repeatedly tasering him, resulting in his death. The family brought a lawsuit against the police department, ultimately winning $1 million. The 47-year-old man, …
Police misconduct lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm are glad to report that the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office recently dropped all charges against a man who spent the last 20 years in jail. The man, Daniel Taylor, was forced to confess to a 1992 double murder despite being in police custody at the time …
Police misconduct lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm recognize that corruption in Chicago is far from a recent phenomenon; however, there is a troubling trend within the Chicago Police Department allowing police officers to break the law again and again while remaining on the force. The Sun-Times recently reported on two CPD officers who personify the city’s …
Police brutality lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm report that the Minneapolis City Council recently approved a $3 million settlement with the family of a man that died in an incident with the city’s police officers. The man, 28-year-old Cornelius Smith, passed away in 2010 at the downtown YMCA. This case is the second largest …
Police misconduct lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm highlight an article recently published in the New York Times, detailing the reopening of every murder case that resulted in a guilty verdict from the work of one detective. The review is being conducted by the Conviction Integrity Unit of the Brooklyn district attorney’s office. The detective, Louis …
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