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This civil rights action arose from the excessive use of force against the plaintiff while she was detained at the Hillsdale County Jail and experiencing a mental health crisis.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion this week in the case of Jerry Blasingame, who passed away in 2023.

The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday upheld a $21 million verdict against an Atlanta Police Department officer whose shocking of a man with a Taser left him paralyzed from a resulting fall, keeping intact a $20 million compensatory damages award and a previously-slashed $1 million in punitive damages.

Residents of Midland County, Michigan, who were affected by the disastrous Edenville flood are still feeling the effects six years later.  

Rain Williams, who was 19 at the time, suffered a permanent brain injury and limited mobility after being shot in the head and shoulder by a Detroit police officer in June 2024.

A Detroit family is renewing calls for accountability after a police officer allegedly stumbled and opened fire into a crowd at a block party — shooting a then-19-year-old woman in the head and leaving her permanently disabled.

A deadly shootout at an illegal block party on Detroit’s west side two years ago has led to a victim suing an officer who shot her in the head.

A new video was released of a 2024 shooting in Detroit that left a teenage girl with catastrophic injuries. The victim’s attorneys are calling for accountability from the Detroit Police Department.

The case stems from a May 30, 2020 incident in which a GRPD officer fired a crowd-control canister at Sean Hart during chaos following the death of George Floyd.