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A lawsuit alleges excessive force by Meigs County deputies during an arrest
By: Thomas Billington
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – A Meigs County woman recently filed a lawsuit accusing Meigs County sheriff’s deputies of using excessive force during a traffic stop. The lawsuit, filed May 19… Read More
Logan police face another lawsuit alleging excessive force by officers
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A lawsuit alleges Logan police illegally entered a man’s home, slammed him to the ground and arrested him because they didn’t like something he said. This… Read More
A lawsuit alleges Logan officers tased a motionless man so a police dog would attack him
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A lawsuit filed Monday accuses Logan police officers of tasing a man lying motionless on the ground to get him moving so a police dog would… Read More
A lawsuit alleges Ironton police attacked a man for trying to record them
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A man who says Ironton police officers attacked him because he was going to record them as they searched his truck has filed a civil rights… Read More
A former Pike County deputy has been convicted of using excessive force against a restrained prisoner
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A federal jury has convicted a former Pike County sheriff’s deputy who repeatedly punched and pepper sprayed a man in custody who was strapped to a… Read More
Chauvin And 3 Former Officers Face New Charges Over George Floyd’s Death
By: Bill Chappell | NPR
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Derek Chauvin now faces a second-degree murder charge, and three other former Minneapolis police officers are accused of aiding and abetting murder.