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Jacob: Civil suit is 'already starting to progress' Jacob noted that he began preparing documents to file in the Monroe County court regarding a civil lawsuit. "This is simply so the family can get access to the very documents that frankly the entire public should have already had access to, and that would be the incident reports, supplemental reports, use of force reports, complete, unedited video, etc.," Jacob said. After that information is obtained, it will be used to identify the police involved in the shooting, and who the defendants will be. Following that, the case will move to federa...

Apr 1, 2021 Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed 4557 new cases of coronavirus in the commonwealth, pushing the statewide total to 1,024,857 since the pandemic began more than one year ago. There were 44 new coronavirus-related deaths reported Wednesday, leaving the state's count at 25,093. Currently, there are 1980 people hospitalized with COVID-19. 392 of them are in the intensive care unit. Acting Pennsylvania Health Secretary Alison Beam says Pennsylvania is less than a week away from expanding the list of those eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19. "As of...

Video taken from a car with a view of the overpass appears to show Hall with his hands up prior to being shot. Hall, who may have been considering suicide according to Crump, had a gun with him. He put it on the ground when ordered to do so, the Pennsylvania State police said, but later “became uncooperative and retrieved the firearm and began walking towards the Troopers.” According to the PSP news release, he pointed the gun in their direction, and the troopers fired at him. The 20-second video that Crump shared shows Hall being shot and falling to the ground, but does not show any appr...

$300K settlement reached after cop punched man 12 times in the back of the head Updated Feb 09, 2021; The Camden man seen on a viral video being punched 12 times in the back of the head by a now ex-cop during a 2018 arrest will get a $300,000 settlement to resolve his civil rights lawsuit against the officer. Edward Minguela, now 35, was surrounded by police and had his hands up on Feb. 22, 2018 when then-officer Nicholas Romantino threw him to the ground and punched him repeatedly. Police had received an erroneous 911 call claiming Minguela had a gun, but no weapon was found, authorities sa...

Attorney that represented families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, plans to take on a fatal officer-involved shooting in the Poconos Civil rights attorneys are planning to file a federal lawsuit against the Pennsylvania State Police troopers who fatally shot 19-year-old Christian Hall in December 2020. Hall “was having a mental health crisis,” attorney Ben Crump said at a Wednesday press conference. Crump is known for high-profile civil rights cases, including representing the families of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. “There is a suggestion that he was contemplating suicide. He was ...