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Excessive Force

Fairfield Police Department

Lawyer alleges excessive force in Fairfield officer beating of student

  • May 29
City of Brentwood

Contra Costa Co. DA agrees to coroner's inquest for Yolanda Ramirez

  • May 3
Brentwood Police Department/Franki Ramirez

Family of Brentwood mom finally see bodycam footage months later

  • Feb 28

Independent autopsy finds Brentwood police killed 72-year-old woman

  • Jan 30

Family of East Bay woman who died in police custody file lawsuits

  • Jan 4

Answers demanded in death of East Bay woman after police interaction

  • Nov 13, 2025

Video shows Brentwood PD arresting 72-year-old woman before her death

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  • Nov 11, 2025

72-year-old Brentwood woman dies after interaction with police

  • Nov 6, 2025

Latest Videos

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Report finds SFPD officers used unnecessary force in 2024 wrongful arrest

  • Aug 11
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Report finds SFPD officers used unnecessary force in 2024 wrongful arrest after license plate error

  • Aug 11
3:06

Lawyer alleges excessive force in Fairfield officer beating of student

  • May 29
2:29

Fairfield officer reassigned amid excessive force claims, outrage grows as new video surfaces

  • May 25
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Contra Costa Co. DA agrees to coroner's inquest for Yolanda Ramirez

  • May 3
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Family of Brentwood mom finally see bodycam footage months later

  • Feb 28
2:08

Independent autopsy finds Brentwood police killed 72-year-old woman

  • Jan 30
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Family of East Bay woman who died in police custody file lawsuits

  • Jan 4

Latest Stories

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Woman violently arrested by Solano County Sheriff's deputies secures $17M settlement

A woman who was knocked unconscious and arrested by two Solano County Sheriff's deputies after pulling off a road during a family trip in 2020 has been awarded a $17 million settlement. Her lawyer said Monday it was one of the largest in California's history for an excessive force case where the plaintiff survived.

  • Sep 30, 2025

SJ police officers under investigation after video shows them punching, restraining unhoused man

San Jose police are investigating after video shows some of their officers punching and holding down an unhoused man who was accused of indecent exposure.

  • Mar 14, 2025

Senior-level APD officers signed off on now deemed 'excessive' use of force, report says

Newly obtained police reports document use of force incidents by Antioch Police, in which senior-level officers signed off on what a federal indictment later deemed to be "excessive."

  • Nov 11, 2023

Ex-San Rafael officers charged with excessive force; gardener still traumatized from beating

"He's still experiencing some of the trauma, the assault, and things are triggers for him and seeing the officers face to face definitely would have been that," the attorney for gardener Julio Lopez said, a year after the bloody confrontation.

  • Aug 24, 2023

Civil rights investigation launched into Antioch PD for alleged racist texts, excessive force

AG Rob Bonta says they will look into claims of excessive force by Antioch officers with an impact on communities of color. The alleged racist texts between officers will also be part of the investigation.

  • May 10, 2023