Excessive Force

Bartow County Woman Claims Police Used Excessive Force When Arresting Father

Angela West of Bartow County, GA claims that a police officer used excessive force when arresting her father. There is also surveillance video from her father’s business that shows the officer stepping on the man’s head after he had already been placed on the ground. In 2013, a police task force entered Michael West’s business … More

Athens-Clark County Officer Fired For Excessive Force

On June 13, 2015, Officer Jonathan Fraser of Athens-Clark County, GA had an altercation with a University of Georgia student named Michael Roquet. The student was drunk at the time of the encounter. Police received a call that there was an intoxicated man at the Marriot Courtyard Athens Downtown who was trespassing. When the police … More

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