«Starting in 1993, what you're going to see is a tremendous amount of disorder that erupts as a result of broken windows policing, with complaints skyrocketing, with settlements
of police misconduct cases skyrocketing, and of course with incidents, brutal incidents, all of a sudden happening at a faster and faster clip.»
«If the best settlements are those in which each side leaves unhappy, then it could be that Mr. Thompson has himself emerged a winner, if a battered one, near the end of the sort of
polarizing police misconduct case that can define a district attorney's career.»
The bill of proposals demanded Mr. Pantaleo's immediate firing,
taking police misconduct cases out of the hands of district attorneys and into the purview of a new special prosecutor, the prompt releasing of the identities of police involved in fatal shootings and a law preventing officers fired in one jurisdiction from being hired in another.
Having spent his entire career with The Cochran Firm, he has handled many of the Firm's highest
profile police misconduct cases, including those involving Geronimo Pratt, Reginald Denny, Devin Brown, Tyisha Miller.
Prior Experience Prior to joining BHPK, Mr. Ouellette served for five years as an Assistant Corporation Counsel within the City of Bostonʼs Law Department, where he defended federal civil rights and
police misconduct cases on behalf of the City, including actions alleging excessive force resulting in death and wrongful conviction claims.
She has also examined the financial effects of police misconduct litigation, including the frequency with which police officers contribute to settlements and judgments
in police misconduct cases, and the extent to which police department budgets are affected by litigation costs.