Category: Police Brutality

How To Get Body Cam Footage From Police

September 5, 2019

In the past, New Jersey police have been accused of using excessive force. Police officials have spoken publicly about their desire to improve the department’s public image, they want the public to feel that they can trust them and body cameras are expected to encourage that. The body camera is a small device that clips […]

Excessive Force and Arrest – Can You Resist an Officer?

January 11, 2018

If the police use excessive force to carry out an arrest, this information may become the subject of a police brutality suit. In the majority of states, arrestees can resist only in very limited circumstances. If an arresting officer engages in excessive force that could be categorized as causing great bodily harm, the arrestee does have […]

Police Brutality Exposed: NJ Dashcam Shows Deadly Encounter with Police

January 28, 2015

The Bridgeton Police Department has a new blemish on its record now that dashcam as footage of the killing of Jerame Reid was aired on national news stations. The officers stopped a silver Jaguar on a run-of-the-mill traffic stop when one of the police noticed a gun in Reid’s glove compartment. The officers immediately went […]