Monday, June 23, 1997
Small price for death
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Jury awards and settlements made by the city of Cincinnati in claims of excessive use of force by police:
$7,000 Feb. 19, 1997. Dennis L. Vance and Deborah Vance demanded damages for injuries he said he suffered in an assault by police Oct. 28, 1994, at a football game at Taft High School. Mr. Vance was arrested and charged with criminal violation of the law, and was acquitted of all charges.
$1,000 April 23, 1996. Alphonso Woods and Sonya Knox demanded $1.5 million in damages against police for what they said was harassment, racial discrimination and illegal arrest on Dec. 22, 1991.
$4,000 March 8, 1995. Courtney Williams demanded damages for civil-rights violation after he said he was assaulted by police Feb. 8, 1993, while performing his job as a highway maintenance worker.
$1,335 Jan. 11, 1995. Rifaat Kassem and Saida Abed Kassem demanded damages for a June 12, 1992, civil-rights violation after he said police swore to a criminal complaint against him in bad faith and without probable cause and charged Rifaat Kassem with violating Section 506-40 (a minor traffic infraction) of the Cincinnati Municipal Code.
$30,000 Dec. 21, 1994. Doris R. Mathews demanded $2,250,000 in damages after she was raped May 10, 1993, when forced to walk home from District 3 because she said police would not let her use the telephone to call for a ride.
$35,000 Dec. 2, 1994. Kathryn Washington said she was assaulted by police on July 7, 1988, when she was eight months pregnant because she refused to let officers search her home without a warrant.
$44,997 Aug. 18, 1994. Darwin Miller demanded $700,000 for injuries which necessitated surgical removal of his left testicle. He said he was injured by police on Nov. 6, 1987, when he was arrested without probable cause.
$5,000 Jan. 6, 1994. Michael D. Johnson and Anita Johnson demanded damages for injuries sustained on Aug. 3, 1990, when, he said, an officer drove a police car against him, throwing him to the street and running over him.
$50,000 Sept. 27, 1993. Jennifer Booth, Rebecca Brewer and Kyle Eppert said police inflicted serious physical harm upon Ms. Brewer during arrest on Oct. 10, 1992, at the corner of Neave and Stoores streets. They said police also inflicted serious physical harm upon Ms. Booth. The complainants were found not guilty of disorderly conduct.
$63,000 May 28, 1993. Rosemary Allen, as an individual and as administrator of the estate of Eddie Rice, deceased; Jessie Duke, Pamela Rice, Sheila Rice, Eddie Rice Jr. and Anthony Rice demanded $32 million damages for the shooting of Mr. Rice, a mental patient, by officers Nov. 24, 1989.
$35,000 April 29, 1993. Carl T. Armstrong demanded $1.5 million in damages for violations of his civil rights and for injuries he said he sustained when he was kicked by an officer who was working as a security guard at Walgreen¹s at University Plaza during an arrest Jan. 20, 1991.
$9,000 April 23, 1993. Steven O¹Banion demanded damages for civil-rights violation. He alleged that homophobia sparked his Sept. 4, 1991, arrest by police and incarceration at the justice center, where he was allegedly taunted, slapped and punched by jailers.
$37,500 June 4, 1992. Doris J. Griggs, guardian of David Griggs
demanded $37,500 for injuries sustained by David Griggs on Sept. 28, 1987, at the Cincinnati Greyhound bus station when he was shot by police while using the restroom.
$5,000 Sept. 26, 1991. Iweka E. Okparaocha and Sandra Okparaocha demanded $25,000 in damages for injuries they said Mr. Okparaocha suffered when he was maliciously assaulted by police during an arrest Jan. 30, 1989.
$9,000 Oct. 13, 1990. Thomas A. Muething demanded $500,000 in damages for what he said was a violation of his constitutional rights on April 16, 1987, in the 3200 block of Warsaw Avenue. He said he was allegedly searched and abused physically and verbally for carrying an unloaded weapon.
$20,000 June 1, 1990. Thomas Mitchell demanded $353,000 damages for what he said was negligent investigation and vicious conduct during an accident Aug. 19, 1982, on Winton Road. He alleged false and malicious prosecution on a driving-under-the-influence charge.
$300 Feb. 2, 1990. Louise Dykes demanded $30,000 for injuries he said he suffered during an arrest July 2, 1986, by police.
$6,000 Jan. 29, 1990. Gary Price demanded medical expenses and damages for what he said was humiliation and embarrassment resulting from use of unreasonable force during his arrest of April 2, 1988.
$7,500 Jan. 22, 1990. Angelo Fuller demanded $4.5 million for a violation of his constitutional rights for emotional distress, assault and battery from an arrest Nov. 19, 1984, when police shot the unarmed man.
$2,500 Oct. 11, 1989. Tyson Brown demanded $400,000 for injuries when he said he suffered when sprayed with chemical irritant while assisting a police officer in making an arrest Oct. 17, 1985, in the 3600 block of Woodford Road.
$5,000 June 14, 1989. Sidney J. Whorl demanded $410,000 for damages he said resulted from an alleged illegal arrest, assault, beating and detention on Sixth Street outside a motorcycle trade show at the Sabin Convention Center on Feb. 17, 1986.
$6,000 March 8, 1989. Timothy Powell and Pauline Powell demanded $1.6 million for injuries, etc., they said resulted from alleged assault and excessive force by police officers on April 29, 1986.
$9,750. May 26, 1989. Alex F. Boykin and Stella Boykin demanded $1.5 million for physical and emotional injuries they said resulted from a beating by police on May 19, 1986, outside the Submarine Galley at 2608 Vine St.
$8,500. July 21, 1988. Jeffrey Braun demanded $125,000 damages for what he said was false arrest, malicious prosecution and assault and battery and abuse of process by police on Aug. 17, 1986.
$2,000 July 14, 1986. Rita Jackson by Mamie Jackson, her mother, demanded $25,000 for damages she said were suffered in a false, illegal and malicious arrest June 2, 1982, while the girl was on her way to school. The girl¹s glasses were allegedly broken, her shoes damaged, and she was subjected to indignities, humiliation and was held at a juvenile detention center.
$3,900 Feb. 18, 1986. Donald Tye Jr. Demanded $250,000 for for what he said was an assault on him at his place of business at 760 E. McMillan St. on May 11, 1984, by police and for unlawful imprisonment without warrant or probable cause in violation of his constitutional rights.
$50,000 Dec. 18, 1984. Robert E. Hooker demanded $120,000 for what he said was assault and abuse by police on Aug. 5, 1981. Mr. Hooker, the victim of a stabbing, was claimed he was assaulted by the police who were dispatched to the scene.
$1,800 Dec. 12, 1983. Barry D. Bossong demanded $200,000 for injuries and damages he said resulted from an assault by police on May 11, 1979, at 7418 Vine St.
$24,000 Nov. 8, 1983. Alice Snyder, individually and as the spouse of Leo Snyder and as administrator of the estate of Leo Snyder, demanded $350,000 for the wrongful death of Leo Snyder on Aug. 17, 1981, which she said was the result of unlawful and unnecessary force against him by police who trying to arrest his son, Robert Snyder.
$3,000 Sept. 2, 1983. Keith Ellis demanded $50,000 compensatory and punitive damages for injuries, loss of hearing aid, medical expenses and loss of civil rights he said he suffered during an arrest on Jan. 5, 1982.
$600 March 31, 1983. Albert Pickett demanded $50,000 and costs as for injuries he said he sustained during an arrest for forgery on March 27, 1980.
$2,000 Nov. 30, 1982. Edward A. Jones demanded $100,000 for damages after police shot him on Aug. 1, 1981, in what he said was a violation of his statutory and constitutional rights.
$5,000 Sept. 30, 1982. Elbert Stidham and Sharon Stidham demanded $1.1 million for personal injuries and damages they said they suffered in a beating with a night stick by police on June 24, 1979.
$40,000 Dec. 11, 1981. Ronald Rogers said he was assaulted May 9, 1979, in City Hall by five police officers the day of a Fraternal Order of Police march to City Hall on a one-day strike or ŒŒstress day.¹¹
$1,100 Oct. 30, 1981. Michael Gilliam demanded $40,000 for injuries, medical bills, lost wages, etc., he said he suffered because of an assault by police on Sept. 4, 1979, at the Serpentine Wall.
$5,800 June 18, 1981. Phenus Washington demanded damages saying he was punched in the face in a Zayre¹s store at 1750 Seymour Ave. on Dec. 20, 1978, by police who responded to a disturbance in the store.
$3,500 May 1, 1981. Rocky D. McPheron demanded $300,000 for injuries and lost wages, etc., as a result of what he said was a beating by police on Oct. 20, 1979, at 2244 Beechmont Ave.
$500 March 25, 1981. David Maynard demanded $25,000 for what he said was a violation of his constitutional rights, assault and battery, malicious prosecution, etc., during arrest on Oct. 1, 1980, by police and while incarcerated at Central Station.
$22,565.85 Feb. 27, 1981. Joseph Thomas demanded damages in a civil-rights action, claiming he was shot by police on March 31, 1978, at the city garage on Central Parkway.
$3,500 1979. Geraldine Jackson, administrator of the estate of her 16-year-old son Herman Beasley Jr., who was shot in the back and killed as he ran from police Dec. 1, 1978.
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