excessive force

Lawyers for the family of Tyre King argue in a new federal court filing that the white Columbus Police officer who fatally shot him does not have legal immunity from claims in a civil rights lawsuit because the shooting wasn't justified.

Faced with a lack of cooperation, an independent investigator has issued orders for six Columbus Police officers to participate in a probe into excessive force during last summer’s protests.

The ACLU of Ohio has filed a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of a Columbus resident who was arrested for filming a Columbus Police SWAT team that was…

A special agent with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has filed an excessive force lawsuit in federal court against the city of Columbus…

A federal appeals court ruled a Columbus Police officer is protected by qualified immunity after pepper-spraying a protester in 2017. Qualified immunity…

A group of protesters have filed a federal lawsuit against Columbus Police for injuries they sustained in late May and early June, alleging that officers…

The Pike County prosecutor says he's contacted the FBI and the Ohio Attorney General's office after a video emerged showing a Sheriff's deputy macing and…

A former Franklin Township police office has been sentenced to a year in prison for excessive force, stemming from a 2018 incident in which he kicked a…

Columbus City Council plans to settle a lawsuit over a 2017 police interaction.Ahkilah Pendergrass alleges that a police officer unlawfully entered her…

The Columbus Police officers who punched, kicked and used a Taser on Timothy Davis last year were cleared after an internal police investigation,…