The 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.
Read moreFederal prosecutors said Friday they will not pursue charges against former Tulsa cop Betty Shelby for killing an unarmed black motorist, ending a three-year civil rights investigation.
Read moreAfter an argument with his wife ended nonviolently, Joseph Ledesma hopped into his truck to try and clear his mind. But before he could make it out of his driveway, a Vallejo Police officer appeared and started thumping on the truck window with a flashlight.
Read moreA federal judge refused to dismiss excessive-force claims against a Little Rock police officer who shot and killed a man holding what appeared to be a rifle, but was actually a BB or pellet gun
Read moreSeven slaughterhouse workers who were caught up in a workplace immigration raid in Tennessee last year filed a class action Thursday against the federal agents who carried it out, claiming they were racially profiled and arrested using a warrant that only authorized a search for documents.
Read moreFrance’s Council of State has ruled that security forces have a right to use controversial high-velocity rubber ball launchers for crowd control at weekly protests by the yellow vest movement.
Read moreA federal judge approved a final consent decree between Illinois and the Chicago Police Department on Thursday, ensuring court oversight over a department that has been under fire the past few years for brutality, discrimination and lack of accountability.
Read moreOne day after being slapped with a $20 million lawsuit sparked by the killing of Stephon Clark in his family’s backyard, Sacramento officials were told Tuesday to revamp police use of force guidelines and conduct better investigations into police shootings.
Read moreAn 11th Circuit panel heard arguments Wednesday over whether Alabama police officers who shot a man in his front yard after a car chase should be immune from his excessive-force lawsuit.
Read moreCalling out the Ninth Circuit’s “puzzling” reversal, the U.S. Supreme Court demanded new proceedings Monday as to the police tackling of a man at the scene of a reported incident of domestic violence.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit on Wednesday denied as untimely a Chicago police union’s attempt to intervene in Illinois’ lawsuit against the city over police brutality against blacks and Latinos.
Read moreA dehydrated, disoriented hiker who was rescued by L.A. sheriff’s officers claims in a federal complaint that, as he was “sharing his story about his spirituality and the spiritual meaning behind the subject hike,” one officer was “not too keen on (plaintiff’s) verbose and talkative demeanor,” and punched him in the face, breaking his jaw.
Read moreIn Texas, a man with the mental capacity of a 12-year-old claims in a federal complaint that a Harris County sheriff’s officer beat him senseless after he became unconscious — reducing his mental capacity to that of a 4-year-old. In California, a woman claims in a federal complaint Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies “smashed (her) head against a wall,” breaking a tooth, then left her “in pain and crying on the floor while they laughed.”
Read moreThe city of Berkeley, its police chief and several police officers must face class action claims they attacked and arrested people who were peacefully protesting the city’s continued participation in a SWAT team training and weapons expo, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Read moreAs a man chivalrously tried to retrieve a woman’s shoes from Huntington State Beach at closing time, a Huntington Beach police officer shouted “Stop resisting!” before he was even near him, then strangled him, bursting blood vessels in both eyes, the man claims in a federal complaint against the city and the officer.
Read moreA federal judge refused to dismiss excessive-force claims against Montgomery County, Ohio, and a jail officer who used pepper-spray on a drunken driver who was partially restrained in a chair, handcuffed, and surrounded by four other officers.
Read moreA jury must decide if a Brownsville policeman is liable for excessive force for shooting to death an SUV driver who disobeyed the officer’s order to raise his hands, a divided Fifth Circuit ruled Wednesday.
Read moreA man beaten by a police officer in a Denver courtroom lobbied a 10th Circuit panel on Tuesday to revive his lawsuit against the city-county.
Read more