Tag: Excessive Force
Levi White, Excessive Force, Arkansas 2022
Former Arkansas Sheriff’s Deputies charged with federal civil rights offenses for using excessive force during arrest. Possible 10-year prison sentence if convicted.
Christopher Knight, Civil Rights Violations, Pennsylvania 2023
PHILADELPHIA – Former Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility guard Christopher Knight, 47, confessed in federal court today to a string of brutal assaults on inmates. Knight pleaded guilty to five counts of civil rights violations and two counts of falsifying records, admitting he repeatedly pepper-sprayed helpless prisoners and then lied about it in official reports. The indictment…
