Calling for a transformation in a state where officers fatally shot more than 120 people in each of the last three years, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday that requires officers to avoid deadly force and only shoot when “necessary.”
Read moreA man claims in a federal complaint that Pennsylvania state troopers punched and kicked him in his own home, broke two teeth, critically damaged his eye, and called his wife “a fucking liar” for telling them he was recovering from open-heart surgery and that the two marijuana plants they found in the back yard were to assist his wife with her back pain.
Read moreA single mom whose shocking treatment by police at a New York City welfare office stirred outrage last year brought a federal complaint Tuesday for damages.
Read moreA federal judge dismissed without prejudice a claim that a Fort Myers, Fla., police officer used excessive force, because though the officer put a gun in the plaintiff’s face, he never touched him.
Read moreThe 10th Circuit upheld the dismissal Monday of a lawsuit stemming from claims a Denver sheriff’s officer beat a handcuffed man in a courtroom.
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A study published Monday says police violence should be categorized as a public health issue as the rate of deaths caused by police has increased across all demographics, with the risk being particularly pronounced for black men.
Read moreA federal judge approved $3.47 million in attorney fees from a $4.75 million judgment against Chicago and a police officer who used excessive force.
Read moreA federal judge advanced some claims from a disabled journalist who claims police pepper-sprayed her without warning while she covered a peaceful protest against police brutality on Sept. 29, 2017.
Read moreA federal judge ruled that a woman who pleaded guilty to resisting arrest can still bring excessive-force claims against the Louisiana sheriff she says kneed her in the back and broke her shoulder.
Read moreA federal judge refused to dismiss a complaint against an Adams County sheriff’s officer who allegedly punched a compliant driver in the face, breaking his jaw, detaching his retina and traumatically injuring his brain, because the officer noticed the man “had a pocketknife clipped to his pants.”
Read moreReversing summary judgment in favor of a police officer in a shooting case, the Ninth Circuit found Thursday there is a genuine dispute whether the officer’s use of force in shooting and killing a mentally disabled man was reasonable.
Read moreA former Republican candidate for the New York Senate who was sentenced to prison two years ago in an apartment-rental scam claims in a lawsuit filed Friday that he was forced to strip naked and undergo a body-cavity search as punishment for complaining about inadequate medical treatment.
Read moreA Michigan police officer who shot and killed a dog during an attempt to apprehend someone who lived in the same building as the dog’s owners argued before a Sixth Circuit panel Tuesday he is entitled to qualified immunity on excessive force claims.
Read moreCementing a compromise between California civil rights and law enforcement groups on how to thwart police shootings, California lawmakers approved a tougher use-of-force law Wednesday that supporters hope will become the nationwide standard.
Read moreA federal judge granted partial summary judgment Friday to the city of Bakersfield, California, finding no excessive force or inadequate training in the killing of an unarmed 73-year-old man with dementia by police.
Read moreThe Fourth Circuit ruled Friday in favor of a South Carolina man who claimed he was excessively shocked with a stun gun for refusing to hold still for a mug shot, finding it is unclear whether the force was applied in a good faith effort to get his photo.
Read moreA federal judge on Tuesday certified a class of protesters who claim their civil rights were violated by St. Louis police in the aftermath of a white officer’s acquittal on a first-degree murder charge for killing a black motorist.
Read morePressed to act after another year marred by dozens of cases involving police officers shooting and killing people of color, California lawmakers on Tuesday advanced reforms that would limit officers’ ability to use deadly force.
Read moreThe Missouri Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday over whether immunity should be granted to a high school teacher accused of carelessly restraining a combative student, breaking his arm in the process.
Read moreCalifornia Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Tuesday that two Sacramento Police officers were justified in their use of force in the shooting death of 22-year-old Stephon Clark in his grandparents’ back yard a year ago.
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