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Charlotte City and Police Settle with Civil Rights Groups Over Protest Tactics
The terms of the settlement force extensive revisions to CMPD directives, including a ban on the use of CS tear gas during protests and a ban on the use of chemical weapons to “kettle” or trap protesters.
July 23, 2021
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Austin-Area DA Apologizes to Officer, Drops Charges of Excessive Force
On Tuesday, Travis County District Attorney José Garza announced the pending indictment against APD Officer Gregory Gentry was dismissed “in the best interest of justice."
July 20, 2021
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NYPD Officers Sue Over Attacks During Brooklyn Bridge Protest
Both officers are seeking unspecified damages for their injuries, which include “contusions, abrasions, soreness, sleeplessness and agitation, and significant pain and suffering,” according to their largely identical suits filed separately in Manhattan Supreme Court.
July 15, 2021
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CA Officers Sue Over BLM Mural Featuring Cop Killer
The civil complaint against the city claims the officers were “forced to physically pass and confront the mural every time they entered the Palo Alto Police department,” calling it “offensive, discriminatory and harassing iconography” that fostered a “hostile” and “retaliatory” work environment.
July 9, 2021
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Judge Orders Minneapolis to Hire More Police
While the city is expected to have about 669 officers by next June, Hennepin County District Judge Jamie L. Anderson said the city needs to have at least 730 by June 30, 2022, or .2% of the population after the 2020 Census is published, the station reported.
July 2, 2021
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Chauvin Gets 22.5 Years for Killing of George Floyd
Derek Chauvin, in a very brief statement during the sentencing, said, “I am not able to give a full statement at this time, but very briefly, I want to give my condolences to the Floyd family.”
June 25, 2021
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Supreme Court Rules Against Officer in Warrantless Entry Over Misdemeanor
Writing for the unanimous court, Justice Elena Kagan said police had no right to enter the man's home without a warrant for such a trivial offense.
June 23, 2021
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Judge Strikes Down "Vague" NYC Law Prohibiting Officers from Compressing Subject's Diaphragm
Manhattan Judge Laurence Love wrote in a 17-page opinion that phrasing in the law, passed in the wake of the in-custody death of George Floyd, was hard to define and ripe for confusion.
June 23, 2021
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3 Honolulu Officers Charged Over Killing of Teen Suspect
Deputy Prosecutor Christopher Van Marter said in court documents that the officer fired 10 rounds into the rear window of the Honda “without provocation.” Eight of the shots hit the teen.
June 16, 2021
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Officer Sues NFL for Implying He Killed Man without Justification
State investigators argued that Dreasjon Reed fired two shots at the officer during the final moments of the pursuit — an allegation that attorneys representing Reed's family denied.
June 15, 2021
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Widow of Slain NM Trooper Sues Agency Over "Negligence"
The lawsuit alleges that state police and HSI had Trooper Darian Jarrott make the traffic stop without any backup or protective gear and without informing him of "how dangerous Cueva was known to be."
June 14, 2021
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Family of Alton Sterling Receives $4.5 Million Settlement Over 2016 Fatal OIS
The children of a man killed by police in Louisiana's capital city five years ago have accepted a $4.5 million settlement from the local government, the man's family and the city's mayor said Friday.
June 14, 2021
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Daunte Wright's Estate Sued by Alleged Victims of His Violent Crimes
In May 2019, 16-year-old Caleb Livingston was at a gas station in Minneapolis when Wright allegedly pulled out a gun and shot him in the head, according to one of the lawsuits.
June 9, 2021
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Supreme Court Rules Tribal Police Can Detain Non-Natives who Violate State or Federal Laws
The unanimous ruling overturned lower courts that said a Crow police officer should not have held a nontribal member who was found to have drugs and weapons in his truck.
June 9, 2021
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Point of Law: Shooting at Moving Vehicles
In Orn v. City of Tacoma, the Ninth Circuit ruled that a case against officers who shot at a suspect’s vehicle and paralyzed the suspect can go forward.
June 9, 2021
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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit by Antifa "Medics" Against Federal Officers
The lawsuit accused federal officers from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Marshals Service of unlawfully targeting them because they are "medics."
May 25, 2021
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Point of Law: When is an Officer-Involved Shooting a Seizure?
The Supreme Court recently ruled on a New Mexico case that established when a use of force constitutes a Fourth Amendment seizure.
May 19, 2021
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Supreme Court Restricts Warrantless Searches for "Community Caretaking"
While Cady recognized that police perform “many civil tasks” in modern society, the “recognition that these tasks exist” is not “an open-ended license to perform them anywhere,” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the majority opinion.
May 18, 2021
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