CHARLOTTE (AP) Years after a woman accused a police officer of yanking her out of her car and slamming her face-first while handcuffed to the ground, a federal grand jury has charged him with using excessive force and misconduct in ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff’s office said it’s obligated by state law to keep investigative files secret as it fights a lawsuit alleging excessive force by deputies, including the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in 2015. ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A North Carolina sheriff’s office can’t prove a compelling reason to keep evidence secret while it fights a lawsuit alleging a pattern of excessive force that culminated in a deputy fatally shooting a man at his home, a ...

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United States v. Cowden (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-028-18, 19 pp.) (Keenan, J.) No. 17-4046; Feb. 16, 2018; NDWV at Wheeling (Stamp, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: An officer’s conviction for injuring an arrestee was affirmed, in part because the officer’s past ...

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Two men who accused the city of Raleigh and several police officers of unlawful arrest and excessive force have settled the case for $50,000, one of their attorneys has reported. The men, Isaac Horton and Omeze Nwankwo, sued last year, ...

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On Feb. 27, 2009, Emmit McNeill robbed a Raeford Burger King and tried to run away. Police caught him and after pleading guilty to robbery and kidnapping, among other charges, McNeill sits in prison today. But on Sept. 16, McNeill ...

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Ussery v. Mansfield (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-01-0530, 16 pp.) (Motz, J.) No. 14-7096, May 19, 2015; USDC at Raleigh, N.C. (Boyle, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A trial court did not err in denying defendant correctional officers summary judgment based on ...

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An inmate in the Wake County jail who sought $225,000 after allegedly being assaulted by two detention officers in separate incidents declined a settlement offer of $26,000 and opted to take his chances with a jury—and ended up with nothing. ...

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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The white South Carolina police officer charged with murder for shooting an unarmed black man in the back was allowed to stay on the force despite a 2013 complaint that he used excessive force against ...

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Conner v. Wake County (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-02-0281, 20 pp.) (Malcolm Howard, S.J.) 5:12-cv-00701; E.D.N.C. Holding: The defendant-deputy responded to a call regarding an emotionally disturbed man, Adam Carter, who needed to be transported to a mental health facility. In ...

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