A 12 year old boy who was killed by a Cleveland Police Officer is the last victim of a long history of police brutality in the city of Cleveland. A year and half ago the feds launched an investigation of the Cleveland Police Department after several high profile use of…
Two New York police officers have been charged for assault and police misconduct after they were caught on tape beating Kahreem Tribble, a 16 year old teenager with their fists and a gun (see video below). David Afanador and Tyrane Isaac were caught on a video chasing and catching the…
New York personal injury lawyer Anthony Gair discusses the Amadou Diallo Criminal Prosecution. Gair Gair Conason Steigman Mackauf Bloom & Rubinowitz represented the Estate in the wrongful death action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983 of The Civil Rights Act. The Diallo case was settled for $3 Million. This amount…
Barney’s which is being investigated by the New York Attorney general’s office over accusations of racial profiling has cancelled tonight’s launch party for its promotional partnership with Jay Z. Jay Z announced this week-end that he would keep his deal with Barney’s but that the terms of the deal had…
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), the Bronx Defenders and the LatinoJustice PRLDEF filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the NYPD last week over a stop-and-frisk-type of program that allows officers to patrol private apartment buildings. The lawsuit claims that the officers are violating residents’ rights and the rights…
By Anthony Gair; Resolution of whether a plaintiff has a viable action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983 turns on whether the applicable state statute is inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States; Robinson v. Wegman, 436 U.S. 584, 98 S. Ct. 1991 (1978) citing 42 U.S.C. §1988.…
To prevail in a civil rights action under 42 USC §1983, plaintiff must establish that defendants deprived decedent of a right secured by the constitution or laws of the United States and that such deprivation was committed by person(s) acting under color of state law (see, Spell v. McDaniel, 591…