When Albuquerque’s poet laureate arrived at an art show featuring Mexican-American women, the first thing she did was scan the room. Two exits. One security guard. If a shooter bursts in, she thought, how do my husband and I get out of here alive?
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A federal judge Thursday ruled that an Albuquerque law against panhandling violates the First Amendment, and invalidated all of it except parts “related directly to prohibiting pedestrians from standing in travel lanes.”
Read moreA federal judge refused Albuquerque’s request to dismiss a lawsuit that claims the city “polices for profit” by seizing vehicles for civil offenses.
Read moreIn a deal with the ACLU, Albuquerque agreed not to enforce an ordinance barring panhandlers from soliciting drivers or lingering on street medians and intersections — yet.
Read moreIn a federal lawsuit against Albuquerque, two men and three women call its new ordinance against panhandling an unconstitutional attack on free speech and assembly.
Read moreA federal judge issued a split ruling for a cheerleader who sued Albuquerque Public Schools for refusing to let her transfer high schools unless she promised not to sue after teammates took nude pictures of her and posted them on Snapchat.
Read moreNew Mexico’s Chief Public Defender has filed a class action against the judges of Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, which covers Albuquerque, for failing to release felony detainees who wait more than 10 days before being seen by a judge.
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A woman whose baby died after she gave birth in the Albuquerque jail has sued Bernalillo County and the medical staff at its Metropolitan Detention Center, saying they ignored her pleas for help during labor.
Read moreThe grandparents of a 10-year-old girl sued Albuquerque this week, accusing it of failing to investigate the child’s mother, her boyfriend and his cousin, who are charged with first-degree murder: physically and sexually assaulting the girl until she died.
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Recommending dismissal of 99 Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuits against businesses as malicious and filed in bad faith, Albuquerque’s chief federal magistrate judge also suggested the woman may be on the hook for almost $40,000 in filing fees.
Read moreThe ACLU sued Albuquerque for information on how its police use Stingray cellphone spying technology, and whether they use it for immigration enforcement, but Albuquerque claims all such records are confidential — including whether they use Stingrays at all.
Read moreA teenage boy was shot in the chest at a party. As a friend tried to save him and called 911 for help, an Albuquerque firefighter hung up on her because she used a curse word, and the boy died, his parents say in a lawsuit against the firefighter.
Read moreThe Albuquerque Journal did not defame an Albuquerque police reserve officer it described as a “wannabe cop,” the New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled.
Read moreThe beleaguered Albuquerque Police Department has been sued again, this time by a kidnap victim who says officers didn’t even bother to knock on the door the second time she called 911 for help.
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The chief of the embattled Albuquerque Police Department has ordered his officers to stop arresting people for certain nonviolent misdemeanors, including possession of marijuana, prostitution and shoplifting less than $500 worth of goods.
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The beleaguered Albuquerque Police Department got more bad news Tuesday in a report from an independent monitor who called the lack of scrutiny from its top brass in use-of-force cases so “mystifying” and “startling” as to be “deliberate non-compliance.”
Read moreRestaurant and real estate groups and New Mexico’s version of the Chamber of Commerce sued Albuquerque on Monday, for raising the city’s minimum wage and putting a paid sick-leave law on this year’s ballot.
Read moreAn Albuquerque jailer beat and kicked a shackled inmate until other jailers pulled him off — and it was caught on film and the jailer was charged with kidnapping and aggravated battery, according to civil and criminal complaints.
Read moreA cheerleader claims in a lawsuit against her high school that administrators wouldn’t let her transfer schools unless she promised not to sue after her teammates took nude pictures of her in a shower, passed them around and posted them on SnapChat.
Read moreAfter killing their daughter, with his body camera off, and making up a story that the teenager was armed, an Albuquerque cop “relaxed” by going to Hooters, the teen’s parents say in a lawsuit against the city and officer.
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