All articles tagged with #false arrest
A Washington DC man, Sam O’Hara, who played Darth Vader’s theme during a protest against the deployment of national guard troops and was subsequently detained, has filed a lawsuit alleging his constitutional rights were violated, claiming false arrest and suppression of peaceful protest.
A Romanian tourist mistakenly spent nearly a month in an Italian prison after police confused him with a wanted criminal sharing his name, but was released once the error was discovered, allowing him to reunite with his family and continue his holiday.
Louisville Police Detective Bryan Gillis has expressed frustration after all charges against golfer Scottie Scheffler were dropped, following an incident where Scheffler was accused of assaulting a police officer. The charges were dismissed after evidence supported Scheffler's claim of a misunderstanding. Gillis defended his actions and criticized Scheffler's lawyer for suggesting a false arrest. Both parties have agreed to move on, despite lingering tensions.
A former ShopRite employee, Daniel Gill, has filed a $2 million lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani and a group of police officers, alleging that they lied to police officers to get him jailed after he called Giuliani a "scumbag." Giuliani claimed that Gill hit him and called him names, but video footage shows that Gill patted him on the back. Gill was arrested and put in custody for 21 hours, but the charges were later dropped. The lawsuit accuses Giuliani and the police officers of false arrest, false imprisonment, and defamation. This is the second lawsuit filed against Giuliani this week.
Daniel Gill, a grocery store employee who was charged with assaulting Rudy Giuliani last year, has filed a lawsuit against the former New York City mayor and several police officers, alleging false arrest and civil rights conspiracy. Gill was arrested and spent more than 24 hours in jail before being arraigned on misdemeanor charges including third-degree assault. The charges were later dismissed. Giuliani is facing growing legal woes, including a lawsuit filed by a former associate alleging "abuses of power, wide-ranging sexual assault and harassment, wage theft and other misconduct."