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Weapons
SCOTUS Won't Review Police TASER Use
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider the cases of two women who claimed officers violated their civil rights when they used TASERs on them. The justices rejected the two appeals from the Ninth Circuit Court at a May 24 conference.
May 28, 2012
Patrol
Groups Seek Changes to Cleveland Consent Decree
The NAACP and other civil rights groups want a federal judge to modify a consent decree aimed at reforming the troubled Cleveland police department by requiring outside agencies to investigate deadly police-use-of-force cases and to make the job of police inspector general more independent, according to brief filed Monday.
June 29, 2015
Patrol
U.S. Attorney in Boston Creates a Civil Rights Unit
The U.S. attorney's office in Boston announced the formation of a civil rights unit that will investigate and address civil rights violations at local police departments and other government and community agencies.
February 18, 2016
Patrol
The Big Payout
Our legal system is terribly stacked against law enforcement officers and for plaintiff's attorneys. The U.S. code itself specifies how attorney fees will be set in civil rights cases against cops. That's why so many cases are filed against you and the agencies and government entities that employ you. Lawmakers—mostly lawyers themselves—set up paydays for their colleagues.
August 11, 2011
Patrol
Holder Wants to Make It Easier to Prosecute Officers for Civil Rights Violations
Holder said that between now and his departure, probably in early March when the Senate is expected to confirm Loretta Lynch as his successor, he will call for a lower standard of proof for civil rights crimes. Such a change would make it easier for the federal government to bring charges in the case of a future Ferguson or Trayvon Martin.
February 27, 2015
Patrol
Video: Offensive Texts by San Francisco Officers Trigger Review of 3,000 Cases
Three retired judges will join a task force and review 3,000 past arrests as part of a probe involving 14 San Francisco city police officers linked to racist and homophobic text messages, a prosecutor said Thursday.
May 8, 2015
Patrol
CA Attorney General Announces Investigation of LA-Area Agency, DA Dismissing Felony Cases
More than 1,800 cases spanning over a decade in Los Angeles County are now under review, due to more than a dozen Torrance Police Department officers who worked the cases having been placed under investigation for racist, anti-Semitic, and homophobic messages.
December 10, 2021
Point of Law
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Cases Involving Qualified Immunity for Officers
The Supreme Court passed up at least seven cases Monday that would have allowed it to reconsider aspects of qualified immunity for police.
June 15, 2020
Patrol
Chasing Ghosts In a Civil Rights Era Cop Killing
On June 2, 1965, Dep. O'Neal Moore and Dep. David "Creed" Rogers were patrolling near their homes in Varnado, a very small town on the Mississippi border. The deputies were heading for a stop at the Moores' house for dinner. They never tasted the meal.
October 21, 2010
Point of Law
Former Minneapolis Officer Sentenced to 57 Months Over George Floyd Death
Tou Thao was sentenced Monday morning to 57 months in prison for his role in the killing of George Floyd, becoming the fourth and final ex-officer to be sentenced in the state’s Floyd cases.
August 7, 2023
Patrol
DOJ to Investigate Baltimore PD Over Brutality Charges
The U.S. Department of Justice will conduct a civil rights investigation into allegations of brutality and misconduct by the Baltimore Police Department, Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts announced Friday.
October 6, 2014
Patrol
Protecting Blue Civil Rights
During National Police Week, the Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos National Blue Alert Act was passed by Congress. Now law enforcement officers need more protection, an amendment to the federal Hate Crimes statute to create the Blue Shield Protection Act.
June 30, 2015
Technology
Balancing Privacy Rights and Facial Recognition Technology for Police
Disruptive technologies present challenges for everyone — police administrators included. But such technologies also carry significant benefits not only for police, but for the citizens they are sworn to protect.
June 21, 2018
Patrol
Houston Police Investigation Into Deadly January Drug Raid Completed
The Houston Police Department has completed its investigation into a drug raid in January that left a man and woman dead.
May 16, 2019
Patrol
Enforcing Visitation Rights
The law may support the non-custodial parent's right to visitation, but it is usually very time consuming, expensive and difficult to enforce. Often the father's problems start with the wording of the custody order, which is greatly compounded by the mother's lack of cooperation. Unless there's been child abuse accusations, the mother's actions are usually aimed at hurting the father. But in the long run, it's the children who suffer.
February 29, 1996
Point of Law
DOJ Announces Civil Rights Investigation into Memphis Police
Allegations include officers using force against people who are already restrained, and traffic enforcement that may be targeting black drivers for minor citations.
July 27, 2023
Patrol
Feds Launch Civil Rights Investigation of Chicago PD
Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Monday announced a wide-ranging investigation into the Chicago Police Department in the wake of an uproar over a video showing a fatal police shooting 14 months ago.
December 7, 2015
Patrol
FBI Opens Two Investigations Into Conduct of New Orleans Police After Katrina
The FBI announced Thursday morning that it has opened two new civil rights investigations into the post-Katrina actions of New Orleans police officers, adding to a growing list of inquiries.
March 3, 2010
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