civil lawsuit

A photo of Winston-Salem Police Chief William Penn.

Courts
Law Enforcement

Defamation lawsuit against Winston-Salem Police Chief William Penn dismissed

3:40pm September 06, 2024

A judge granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging Penn caused emotional distress and defamed a woman, writing that the filing did not properly substantiate the claims.

Courts
Law Enforcement

Winston-Salem Police Chief William Penn sued for defamation and emotional distress

4:42pm August 02, 2024

by DJ Simmons

A woman alleges in a lawsuit she was pressured to have an abortion by Winston-Salem Police Chief William Penn and threatened with criminal charges if she kept contacting him.

A photo of Tyre Nichols is positioned prior to a press conference on Jan. 27 in Memphis, Tenn. Attorneys representing Nichols' family announced plans to file a civil lawsuit against the city of Memphis, Memphis Police Department, and individual officers for the 29-year-old's January death.

National

Tyre Nichols' family sues the Memphis police force, the officers and the city

1:08pm April 19, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

The lawsuit compared Nichols' fatal police beating to the 1955 killing of Emmett Till, saying the 29-year-old suffered a beating "endured at hands of a modern-day lynch mob."