A tentative settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit accusing Rochester police of assaulting a 13-year-old boy.

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A federal class-action lawsuit was filed Monday against the city of Rochester and the Rochester Police Department by several groups claiming their rights have been violated by Rochester police for years. Free the People Roc, the National Lawyers Guild Rochester ...

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Three men are suing the city of Rochester and several Rochester police officers claiming the use of excessive force when they were accused of interfering with an arrest. Lawyers for plaintiffs Anthony Hall, Craig Puritt and Shamell Killings filed the ...

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A federal judge has denied a motion to reconsider a verdict award of $50,000 against two Rochester police officers for using excessive force and killing a dog without justification. On Nov. 4, U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan W. Feldman issued a ...

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A Rochester woman is suing the Rochester Police Department and several officers for fatally shooting her dog in her fenced-in yard. The plaintiff, Erin Gursslin, is seeking compensatory and punitive damages and attorneys fees in the complaint filed Wednesday in ...

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Rochester city officials have announced that the police, law and communications departments are working to create an online database of police department disciplinary records in response to the repeal of Section 50a of New York State Civil Service Law. Under ...

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A man who was not hired to be a Rochester Police officer has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Rochester claiming racial discrimination. Plaintiff Peter L. Abee is seeking $2 million in the complaint filed Saturday in U.S. ...

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A federal lawsuit has been filed against the city of Rochester and several city police officers in a case that started with a legal battle over access to key video evidence. Attorneys for Charles Dempsey filed a complaint earlier this ...

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Rochester Mayor Lovely A. Warren and Police Chief Michael Ciminelli announced Tuesday that they have asked Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley to review the conduct of two police officers who were allegedly involved in an unlawful arrest with an excessive ...

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Monroe County has paid $30,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by a man claiming he was unjustly assaulted by sheriff’s deputies. The Daily Record obtained a copy of the settlement agreement between the county and plaintiff Po K. Lin ...

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Rochester Police Department officers raised about $12,000 in the Beards for Bucks event to raise money for charity. For the month of November, officers who made a $25 minimum donation to Beards for Bucks were allowed to grow facial hair as part ...

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A federal brutality lawsuit filed against Rochester police has been whittled down from the original 14 claims to four. The suit, filed in April 2016, accuses police of “stopping, searching, assaulting and battering” 34-year-old Delmar Lipford, then lying about the ...

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