A Brooklyn teacher was arrested Monday after allegedly slapping and punching a 14-year-old student. The teen suffered eye injuries in the attack. The male teacher, 34, is charged with assault and endangering the welfare of a child.This horror story raises an important...
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Who Can Hazing Victims Sue?
Most school officials, coaches and students understand the seriousness of hazing in youth athletics. Once shrugged off as "rites of passage," most people understand that hazing-related assault can cause profound psychological damage to the victims - in addition to...
What Legal Rights Does Chokehold Victim Eric Garner’s Family Have?
At 6-foot-5 and 350 pounds Eric Garner was an imposing figure but a gentle giant, according to friends and family members. His family, which includes six children and a wife, is still trying to understand what caused his death during an arrest Thursday evening.Garner...
Shooting Death Reignites New York’s ‘Castle Doctrine’ Debate
A 26-year-old graduate student was recently shot to death while trying to enter an apartment he mistakenly thought was his.The student was coming home after a night out and accidentally pushed the wrong elevator button at his San Francisco apartment building. He got...
Baby Sitter Charged With Assault After NYC Boy’s Death
A 4-year-old boy is dead after police found him unconscious inside a bathtub at his baby sitter's apartment in Hell's Kitchen. When confronted, the baby sitter admitted to abusing the child because he was behaving poorly, although she has not admitted that her abuse...