Results for: Civil Rights Violations

A police dog brutally attacked an unarmed Black man during a traffic stop in Denison, Texas, last year. The incident, captured on body camera footage, shows the officer, identified as Tyler Buchanan, unleashing the dog on Derrick Dunlap, 54, as his 9-year-old son watched in horror. Dunlap sustained serious injuries in the attack, including bite marks on his back and arms. He has filed a lawsuit against Buchanan, alleging excessive force and civil rights violations. The Denison Police Department has not publicly acknowledged the incident or taken any disciplinary action against Buchanan.

Nicholas Hoar, a former Fall River police officer, has been sentenced to 2 years and 9 months in federal prison for assaulting a man in 2020 and lying about the incident. Hoar, who resigned from the force after a jury convicted him of depriving the victim of his civil rights and filing false police reports, was ordered to self-report to prison in June. The victim, William Harvey, told the judge that he was traumatized by the attack, which occurred inside a jail cell as other officers looked on.