Officer Subject to Termination for Excessive Force

A police officer accused of using excessive force faces termination by the police department.  According to the department, police officer Charles Proctor disgraced the department and should be fired for striking Jermaine Lacey with a baton, choking him and slamming his head into the bumper of a squad car: Video of the incident . …. read more…

Day Care Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Claim

A corporation operating day-care facilities has agreed to settle a pregnancy discrimination claim filed by a pregnant employee: The EEOC had alleged that Adventures in Learning discriminated against a pregnant employee at one of its locations and forced her to quit when it refused to allow her to work after her fourth month of pregnancy…. read more…

Excessive Force Complaint Caught on Video

A Tenessee man has filed an excessive force complaint following an altercation with officers: “We counted at least 200 blows, 200 individual blows,” says Tatum’s attorney, Robin Flores. “They were dragging him by his broken leg.” The incident was caught on tape which the victim’s attorney has since produced for the public: Video available here…. read more…