Two innocent Black men who spent weeks in jail on false attempted murder charges were denied justice after an appellate court ...
Noting that a San Diego police officer and a Homeland Security agent were off-duty when they got into a physical altercation at a Costco parking lot, a judge said the police officer wasn't performing ...
Police officers are already protected by the Supreme Court’s “Reasonable Standard” decision. Reasonable errors are not ...
The death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in May 2020 gave momentum to a cross-ideological effort to reform the legal defense known as "qualified immunity," which can protect cops ...
Two police officers who arrested an Iowa college student for driving while intoxicated—even though a breathalyzer test showed he was completely sober—do not get qualified immunity protections for ...
NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit upheld a Texas federal court’s denial of qualified immunity to former cop Aaron Dean, who shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson in her home within seconds of encountering ...
A bill to rewrite Alabama law on civil and criminal immunity for police officers, one of the priorities for Republican legislators and Gov. Kay Ivey, passed the Alabama House of Representatives today ...
DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - The immunity hearing for former Decatur Police officer Mac Marquette went into a second day on Wednesday as the judge heard from more witnesses. Marquette is set to go on trial ...
Most federal appeals courts have recognized the right to record police. DHS employees nevertheless seem to view it as a crime ...