CIVIL RIGHTS: $1.75 MILLION Injuries claimed: Death, Emotional Distress Court: United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin Case name: Estate of Michael Edward Bell, Kim Marie Bell, Michael Martin Bell, Shantae Bell v. Officer Erich R. Strausbaugh, Officer Erich S. Weidner, Lieutenant David H. Krueger, Officer Albert B. Gonzales, City of Kenosha Case number:
CIVIL RIGHTS: $1.75 MILLION Injuries claimed: Death, Emotional Distress Court: United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin Case name: Estate of Michael Edward Bell, Kim Marie Bell, Michael Martin Bell, Shantae Bell v. Officer Erich R. Strausbaugh, Officer Erich S. Weidner, Lieutenant David H. Krueger, Officer Albert B. Gonzales, City of Kenosha Case number:
Two Aurora, Colorado police officers charged after brutally beating 29-year-old Kyle Vinson
On July 23 Aurora, Colorado, police officers John Haubert, who is white, and Francine Martinez, who is Hispanic, faced multiple criminal charges for the violent beating and arrest of 29-year-old Kyle Vinson, a black man.
A screen capture bodycam footage provided by the Aurora Police Department video shows a bloodied Kyle Vinson being choked by Officer John Haubert, who was arrested for his actions during the July 23 incident. (Photo: Aurora Police Department via YouTube)
Body cam footage released Tuesday showed Haubert using his pistol to beat the unarmed Vinson while attempting the arrest, further choking him and meeting the barrel of his gun to his head, threatening to kill him. Haubert barked, “If you move, I will shoot you!” The officer initially approached Vinson while he was sitting, pushed him to the ground and forced him onto his stomach. He then proceeded to beat Vinson over th