Police misconduct has made news for many years, in Los Angeles. With that news have come changes, in part from exposing bad policing to public scrutiny, and in part from the lawyers who have worked to bring the cases to court: to obtain rulings forcing law enforcement agencies to abide by the United States Constitution, and to obtain compensation for the victims. To the right is the opening pages from a Los Angeles Magazine article in 1991 which highlighted some of the better known and the more active police misconduct attorneys at that time.

The following is a list with links to some of the news stories which have involved John Burton or in which his advice has been sought and quoted by the news writers:

• An excellent one-hour special on the hidden dangers of TASER products, featuring Mr. Burton, among other authorities. (External website opens in a new tab/window).
• LAPD loses appeal in a case where detectives withheld evidence and imprisoned a man they knew was innocent for 27 months, while falsely prosecuting him for multiple felonies. (Los Angeles Times article)
• NBC Local News Report on Carla Sameth's assault by deputy sheriffs (video file and story)
• NBC Bay Area News Report on Taser Dangers (video file)
• California Lawyer: Zapping Taser Or click California Lawyer Magazine for the article in pdf format
• Fort Worth Weekly Reports $10M Verdict against Taser (pdf file)
• Santa Cruz Sentinel Reports Taser Settlement (pdf file)
• San Francisco Police Commission Calls for Further Study of Stun Guns (pdf file)
• Prosecuting the Kelly Thomas Beating Trial
• Pellicano's Legal Problems Affect Other Cases
• Settlement Divides $1 Million Between Parents of Man Killed
• L.A. County Settles 3 Lawsuits
• Strawberry Picker's Case Goes to Jury
• San Francisco Debates Using Tasers
• Taser Implicated in Death
• Tasered Picket's Case goes to Jury
• Robert Heston -- Another Taser Death
• Judge Orders Taser to Pay $1.4 Million in Fees
• People Video Police Incidents
• New York Times quotes John Burton on Rodney King Case