Category Archives: Excessive Force

Cop Drags Man Out of His Car For “Playing a Constitutional Rights Game”

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Deputy Stefan Ortiz with the Volusia County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office stopped an older man for an alleged faulty tag light. Within minutes he literally drug the man out of his car and arrested him, telling another officer that the man was attempting to play a “constitutional rights game” with him. This video raises common issues that occur across the country, where police officers disregard basic constitutional rights, and the entire criminal justice system seems to allow it….

We Got the Video! Surveillance Cam Caught Arrest of Homeless Man and the Attempted Coverup

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UPDATE to yesterday’s video about the incident in Huntington, West Virginia, where two women were threatened and forced to stop recording the arrest of a homeless man. As it turns out, the arrest was captured by a county surveillance camera, which shows the man’s head being slammed into the police cruiser by a Cabell County Sheriff’s Office deputy, as the actual elected sheriff (Doug Adams) casually observes from a few feet away. It also shows the Chief Deputy, Chuck Zerkle, grabbing a woman who witnessed the head slam attempting to record what was happening from a public sidewalk, as was more fully discussed in yesterday’s video. But, the video has apparently been altered…

Chief Deputy Grabs Woman on a Public Sidewalk, Forces Her to Stop Recording

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On August 5, 2025 in Huntington, West Virginia, Chief Deputy Chuck Zerkle of the Cabell County (West Virginia) Sheriff’s Office grabbed a woman filming the arrest of a homeless man from a public sidewalk near the courthouse. He forced the woman, a social worker, to stop filming what she perceived to be police officers engaged in a gratuitous use of force outside of view of surveillance cameras (while not wearing body cams). Fortunately, another woman was also recording…

The lawsuit:

Dist.S.D.W.Va._3-25-cv-00490_1Download

Cop Featured TWICE in my Videos Gets CHARGED (Again) – His Lawyer Responds!

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Melvindale, Michigan police officer Matthew Furman was previously featured in two of my videos – both showing him escalating a minor traffic stop into violent uses of force. In both videos I asked, why is Furman still employed when he has been previously charged, suspended, fired, and then re-hired? He has now been criminally charged for both incidents I previously covered. But his lawyer quickly responded with a bold prediction…

Driver Honks at Cop Car Idling at Green Light, Gets Arrested 5 Minutes Later

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Matthew Edwards, a hard working welder, had just worked a 14 hour shift and was waiting to turn into his neighborhood in Troy, New York. A marked police car was waiting at a red light in front of him at the intersection where he was waiting to make a left turn onto the street where he lives. But when the light turned green, the police car didn’t move. After waiting a few moments, Matthew briefly honked his horn to alert the distracted police officer that the light had turned green. Within 5 minutes, Matthew would be violently arrested by that officer, Taylor Ganache with the Troy Police Department.

The police report:

The lawsuit:

Troy ComplaintDownload

Man Gets Punched in the Face Repeatedly During a “Welfare Check”

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In Clarksburg, West Virginia, a woman called police for a welfare check after seeing a man in apparent distress on the sidewalk. Shortly afterwards numerous police officers surrounded the man, and decided to detain him. When the man didn’t want to be handcuffed, officers “assisted him to the ground.” Then Officer Elijah Helsley of the Clarksburg Police Department repeatedly punched the man in the face, among other things. The woman who had previously called police was shocked at what she was witnessing, and began filming with her phone. She shared the video on Facebook, after which it ended up on the local news, as well as the subject of a song.

The criminal complaint / police report:

Mayfield ComplaintDownload

Officer Magnifico, Who Lost His Temper, Slammed Kid at Sheetz, Has RESIGNED (but not really)

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Officer Rob Magnifico, formerly the chief of the Ellwood City (PA) Police Department, was demoted in June after he slammed a kid on the ground at a Sheetz gas station for using the “F” word while demanding his cell phone be returned, which he had previously accidentally left at the gas station. Apparently Magnifico recently resigned – but unfortunately, not from Ellwood City. Instead, he is challenging his prior discipline, and may actually be making more money, while exercising essentially the same authority as before his demotion.

Trooper INDICTED by Feds | Massive Scandal Implicates Head of Kentucky State Police

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Kentucky State Police Trooper James Cameron Wright has finally been indicted by the feds for multiple civil rights violations, which were not only known by his chain of command, but some of which were personally reviewed and approved by the literal head of the Kentucky State Police. This includes beatings, perjury, and more. Kentucky civil rights attorney Chris Wiest gives us the scandalous details, including exclusive new bodycam footage of one of the incidents.

The Millet lawsuit:

Millet ComplaintDownload

The Blevins lawsuit:

Blevins ComplaintDownload

Raw Footage:

Wright’s full, unedited, raw bodycam footage from the Millet arrest can be viewed here.

Wright’s full, unedited, raw dash cam footage from the Millet arrest can be viewed here.

Cop Slams Handcuffed Woman, Gets Charged With a Felony

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In Ormond Beach, Florida, Officer Jacob Cannon has been arrested and charged with a felony, after being caught on bodycam slamming a handcuffed woman to the ground during a DUI arrest.

Cop Slams Kid Asking For His Phone Back | Now Suspended | But More Videos Surface

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At a Sheetz gas station in Ellwood City, PA, Officer Rob Magnifico of the Elwood City PD threw a kid on the ground after the kid asked for his phone to be returned. Even though Magnifico wasn’t wearing a bodycam, another kid filmed the incident. Then Magnifico knocked the phone out of the kid’s hand. Then the kid’s mom posted the video on Facebook, which resulted in Magnifico getting suspended. But was it enough? More videos of Officer Magnifico have surfaced.

Media reports referenced in the video:

Man Secretly Records Cop Lose It & Attack, Taser, Arrest Him for Cursing in Public

Ellwood City officer demoted, suspended without pay after confrontation with man at gas station

Police officer under investigation after confrontation with man at gas station

After video shows Ellwood City officer confronting man, another shares similar encounter

Magnifico to stay on Ellwood police force, but demoted to patrolman

The mom’s Facebook post: