Excessive Force | Power Rogers, LLP https://www.powerrogers.com Power Rogers, LLP Tue, 05 Mar 2024 10:57:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.powerrogers.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1403669/2022/10/cropped-favicon-powerrogers512-32x32.png Excessive Force | Power Rogers, LLP https://www.powerrogers.com 32 32 Officer Charged With Manslaughter for Shooting Philando Castile https://www.powerrogers.com/blog/2016/11/officer-charged-with-manslaughter-for-shooting-philando-castile/ Wed, 16 Nov 2016 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.powerrogers.com/blog/2016/11/officer-charged-with-manslaughter-for-shooting-philando-castile/ Jeronimo Yanez, the St. Anthony, MN police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile on July 6 of this year, was charged with second-degree manslaughter on Wednesday morning. He was also charged with two felony counts of intentional discharge of a firearm. Yanez is scheduled to appear in court on Friday. Castile, a 32-year-old black man and cafeteria worker, was pulled…

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]]> Attorney Larry Rogers Jr. Retained As Co-Counsel in Sandra Bland Case https://www.powerrogers.com/blog/2015/08/attorney-larry-rogers-jr-retained-as-co-counsel-in-sandra-bland-case/ Wed, 05 Aug 2015 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.powerrogers.com/blog/2015/08/attorney-larry-rogers-jr-retained-as-co-counsel-in-sandra-bland-case/ On July 10, Sandra Bland was pulled over by a Texas Department of Safety Trooper for failure to signal a lane change. Matters quickly escalated, bland was arrested, and three days later, she was found dead in a Waller County jail cell. Bland’s family has retained Attorney Larry Rogers Jr. of Power Rogers as co-counsel in a wrongful death lawsuit…

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]]> Cook County Jury Finds Chicago Police Shooting Unjustified, Awards $1.5 Million to Family https://www.powerrogers.com/blog/2015/05/cook-county-jury-finds-chicago-police-shooting-unjustified-awards-1-5-million-to-family/ Fri, 22 May 2015 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.powerrogers.com/blog/2015/05/cook-county-jury-finds-chicago-police-shooting-unjustified-awards-1-5-million-to-family/ Last night, a Cook County jury found the March 10, 2009 shooting death of Matthias Mayhorn by Chicago police officers unjustified and rendered a verdict of $1.5 Million for his family and against the City of Chicago. Larry Rogers, Jr., Carolyn Daley, and Sean Houlihan of Power Rogers, represented the Mayhorn Family during the trial before Judge James Varga in…

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]]> Larry Rogers, Jr. Settles Excessive Force Case Against Rockford Police Department https://www.powerrogers.com/blog/2014/12/larry-rogers-jr-settles-excessive-force-case-against-rockford-police-department/ Fri, 19 Dec 2014 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.powerrogers.com/blog/2014/12/larry-rogers-jr-settles-excessive-force-case-against-rockford-police-department/ Recently, partner Larry Rogers, Jr. reached a settlement with the City of Rockford, Illinois of $1.1 Million on behalf of the Estate of Mark Barmore. In August 2009, Mr. Barmore was shot to death by Rockford Police Officers. Mr. Barmore was unarmed at the time. The Police said Mr. Barmore was wanted at the time for an alleged assault and…

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