Before Bill "Robocop" Melendez brutally assaulted 57-year-old Ford Motor employee Floyd Dent this past January, he was named in 12 separate lawsuits for brutally assaulting people, planting evidence, and making illegal arrests.
Recently released dashcam footage shows the moment that Michigan police officers dragged a black resident in the city of Inkster from his car before choking him, beating him, and using a Taser on him during a traffic stop.
Inmates at San Francisco's Hall of Justice are accusing several prison guards of forcing them to fight "gladiator-style" for hamburgers and threatening them with beatings if they refused, according to a report released by the public defender's office last Thursday.
On Friday, officials in Alabama announced the indictment of Eric Sloan Parker on charges that he violated the civil rights of Sureshbhai Patel and used "unreasonable force" during the February 6 arrest.