Thomas Byrd v. William P. Brishke

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• holding that liability for failure to intervene exists only if the beating occurred in the officer’s presence or was otherwise within his knowledge
• holding that “nonfeasor” officers who were present could be liable for failing to intervene
• liability for failure to intervene exists only if the beating occurred in the officer’s presence or was otherwise within his knowledge
• officer may be held liable for failing to intervene when another officer abuses a prisoner
• officers who watched arrestee being beaten held liable on conspiracy theory
• “[O]ne who is given a badge of authority of a police officer may not ignore the duty imposed by his office and fail to stop other officers who summarily punish a third person in his presence or otherwise within his knowledge.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).