A Texas judge Monday denied a motion by fired cop Amber Guyger to move her murder trial out of Dallas, rejecting her claims that the media’s “hysteria and false narratives” prejudiced potential jurors in her trial for the shooting death of an unarmed black man in his own apartment.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit affirmed denial of qualified immunity Wednesday to a Los Angeles police officer facing excessive-force claims for firing into a group of teenagers after he mistook a replica gun for a real weapon.
Read moreDozens of people, mostly African Americans, huddled around tables scattered across a church gymnasium on a recent evening, discussing past run-ins with Phoenix police officers and ways to hold them accountable.
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Michael Brown’s death at the hands of a white Missouri police officer was a seismic moment in American race relations. The fledgling Black Lives Matter movement found its voice, police departments fell under intense scrutiny, progressive prosecutors were elected and court policies were revised.
Read moreSix men and six women deliberated for less than two hours Wednesday before unanimously finding an El Cajon police officer was not negligent when he fired four shots and killed a Ugandan immigrant in September 2016 while responding to a call for mental distress.
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The day before he was shot and killed by a police officer in El Cajon, California, in 2016, Alfred Olango stopped by his family’s house to tell his estranged wife and his teen daughter he loved them, his wife testified during his wrongful death trial Monday, recalling his “strange” behavior.
Read moreA Tennessee appeals court affirmed immunity for the White County sheriff who erroneously told a mother that sheriff’s officers had shot and killed her son.
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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a $400,000 settlement over the 2015 police shooting death of Mario Woods, an event that prompted years of litigation and a federal review of the city’s police department.
Read moreReversing, the 11th Circuit found that a Coffee County, Georgia, deputy sheriff is entitled to immunity for wounding a child when he tried to shoot a dog but missed.
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.
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Attorneys for the white Dallas police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man in his apartment asked Monday to have her murder trial moved, claiming the media’s “hysteria and false narratives” have prejudiced potential jurors.
Read moreThe family of Willy McCoy claims in a suit filed in federal court Thursday that City of Vallejo police officers used excessive force, killing the then-20-year-old rapper, when they found him unconscious in the driver’s seat of a car outside of a fast food restaurant earlier this year.
Read moreReversing for the second time, the Fourth Circuit ruled that a Fayetteville, Arkansas, police officer who shot a man repeatedly as he lay helpless on the ground is not entitled to qualified immunity.
Read moreThe U.S. Marshals Service said it will conduct an internal review after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation finishes its investigation into a task force’s fatal shooting of a 20-year-old black man it was trying to arrest Wednesday night, which sparked riots that injured 25 police officers.
Read moreA California judge ordered Los Angeles County and Trader Joe’s market to turn over discovery Friday in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who was shot and killed by police officer during a shootout with a man following a high-speed chase.
Read moreThe Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to consider for the second time a case where a federal agent fired his gun across the border into Mexico, killed an unarmed teenager.
Read moreWithout explanation, the Illinois Supreme Court denied the Illinois Attorney General’s petition to resentence former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, who received just six years prison time for murdering black teen Laquan McDonald.
Read moreA federal judge said Monday he will likely let jurors hear a witness exclaim “that was unnecessary” after police officers fired dozens of rounds at a 26-year-old man on video, despite the city of San Francisco’s objections.
Read moreTwo Sacramento police officers that chased Stephon Clark into his grandparents’ backyard and fatally shot the unarmed 22-year-old black man won’t face criminal charges, according to the local district attorney on Saturday.
Read moreA San Diego Democrat introduced a bill in the California Assembly on Wednesday to require police officers to use de-escalation tactics and avoid the use of deadly force unless it’s the only way to prevent death or serious injury.
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