SF News Banko Brown’s Family Has Hired Famed Civil Rights Attorney John Burris It’s never a good thing for a district attorney to learn that John Burris may be involved in a case against your office, but the family of Walgreens shooting victim Banko Brown has retained the lawyer who successfully represented Rodney King, and the families of Oscar Grant and Mario Woods.
SF News Woman Says SFFD Sedated Her Against Her Will During Abortion Protest, She Just Served the City a John Burris Lawsuit A protest stunt at a June Warriors game meant to stand up for abortion rights, but allegedly ended with the spiking of a protester with a sedative, and that protester has enlisted famed civil rights attorney John Burris in a lawsuit against the city.
SF News Another Alleged ‘Kneeling on the Neck’ Police Killing in Antioch Draws Wrongful Death Lawsuit A 30-year-old Navy veteran died after Antioch police allegedly used the ‘George Floyd hold’ on him while he was suffering a mental health incident, and the family is suing the Antioch PD.
SF News Sean Monterrosa’s Family Demands More Body Cam Footage From Police Shooting The Vallejo Police Department has now changed its story over the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Sean Monterossa, and famed civil rights attorney John Burris wants answers.
SF News Civil Rights Lawyer John Burris To File Lawsuit on Behalf of BART Sandwich Eater McMuffin-gate — or whatever we're calling it — continues today as we learn that Oakland civil rights attorney John Burris is filing a lawsuit against BART on behalf of Steven Foster, the man detained last week by a BART police officer for eating a breakfast sandwich.
SF News Woman Found Dead At Pac Haights Condo Construction Site Was Allegedly 'Lost' By SF General It's unlikely that you recall a report from last year of a woman's dead body found at a San Francisco construction site — I barely did, and I covered the case. But a lawsuit
SF News From Rodney King To Oscar Grant To Mario Woods, Oakland Attorney John Burris On Taking Cases That Change Police Departments John Burris isn't a political activist. "Making speeches? Nobody can win that," he says ruefully over tea in his Oakland law offices. "You can say what you want, I can say what I
SF News $11 Million In Damages Awarded To Man Shot In Back By San Jose Police In what is by the San Jose Mercury News' calculations the largest payout in that city's history, a federal jury has awarded $11.3 million in damages to a man who was shot
