excessive force<\/a> may make up a large number of brutality cases, police officers may violate a victim\u2019s rights in other ways. These actions also constitute police brutality:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Verbal threats or insults<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Degrading or inappropriate strip searches<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 False arrest<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Coercion<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Illegal detention<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Civil vs. criminal charges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In many instances, prosecutors decline to file criminal charges in police brutality cases. However, civil lawsuits may be filed. In civil police brutality lawsuits, victims may demand compensation for all of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Medical bills<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Lost wages<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Emotional trauma<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Pain and suffering<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Proving your brutality case<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
One of the most difficult aspects of a brutality case involves proving that the brutality happened. Judges and juries tend to believe police officers, and the evidence you supply must help them overcome that tendency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Evidence in a police brutality case may include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Civilian eyewitnesses<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Police recordings<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Previous history of abuse reports<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Other officers\u2019 testimony<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Criminals still have rights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Some people may demonstrate a reluctance to pursue a police brutality claim because they committed a serious crime. The law guarantees that even the most serious offenders deserve protection against police brutality. Your criminal record should never void your right to pursue a police brutality claim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Most New Jersey citizens trust their local and state police to protect them. While the vast majority of officers strive to serve their communities from dangerous criminals, some police may cross a line during interrogations. When this happens, victims of police brutality need to be aware of their rights. Excessive force Excessive force remains one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-firm-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2025-TomMallon-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2025-TomMallon-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2025-TomMallon-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2025-TomMallon-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2025-TomMallon-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2025-TomMallon-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":420,"href":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2025-TomMallon-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions\/420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2025-TomMallon-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2025-TomMallon-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epicdevsite.info\/2025-TomMallon-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}