September 14, 2020 - Red, White and Blue Press

Champaign, Illinois, Reaches Settlement in Excessive Force Case

September 14, 2020 Lee McFarland

The city of Champaign, Illinois, reached a settlement on a 2018 excessive force lawsuit. The Incident On December 28, 2018, Tavion Jones-Premo claims he was forced to the ground while he was being arrested. Jones-Premo, who was 16 at the Read more

$3 Million Settlement Approved in Shaheen Mackey Case

September 14, 2020 Lee McFarland

On Wednesday, September 9, Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick approved a $3 million settlement surrounding the death of Shaheen Mackey. The Incident On June 6, 2018, Shaheen Mackey was serving a sentence at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Read more