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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 6, 2015

Sheriffs Sue Colorado Over Legal Marijuana

Sheriffs from Colorado and neighboring states Kansas and Nebraska say in a lawsuit that Colorado's marijuana law creates a "crisis of conscience" by pitting the state law against the Constitution and puts an economic burden on other states

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 5, 2015

Video: California Officers Sue, Claim Agency Retaliated After They Complained About Ticket Quotas

Six Whittier, Calif., police officers are suing the city, saying they faced retaliation when they complained and refused to meet alleged ticket and arrest quotas.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 3, 2015

Family Expected to Sue FBI Over Shooting Death of Tsarnaev Associate

The Council on American Islamic Relations Florida filed the notice of the Todashev family's intention to sue on Monday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 2, 2015

Video: Cleveland Blames Boy for Own Death, Then Apologizes

Mayor Frank Jackson of Cleveland apologized for the language in the city's response to the civil lawsuit filed by the family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice. Jackson called the document's phrasing inappropriate and insensitive to Rice and his family.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2015

Court Rules Officer Who Spoke Out Against Arrest Quotas Can Sue NYPD

A federal appeals court on Thursday reinstated a lawsuit by an NYPD officer, who claims he was punished for speaking out against arrest and ticket quotas.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 20, 2015

Colorado Residents File Lawsuit to Block Legal Marijuana

Colorado already is being sued by two neighboring states for legalizing marijuana. Now, the state faces groundbreaking lawsuits from its own residents, who are asking a federal judge to order the new recreational industry to close.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 19, 2015

Feds Expected to Sue Ferguson Police Department for Racial Discrimination

The Justice Department is preparing to bring a lawsuit against the Ferguson (Mo.) Police Department over what it believes to be a pattern of racially discriminatory tactics used by officers, if the police department does not agree to make changes on its own.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 3, 2015

Motorist Shot by S.C. Trooper Gets Nearly $300,000 Settlement

A Columbia, S.C., motorist shot late last summer by an ex-Highway Patrol trooper in a confrontation that drew national attention has received a nearly $300,000 settlement from the state of South Carolina.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 23, 2015

Muslim Woman Sues Michigan Agency for Making Her Remove Face Covering

A Muslim woman filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing Dearborn Heights, Mich., police of violating her constitutional rights by making her remove her Islamic head scarf after they arrested her for driving on a suspended license.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 16, 2014

Georgia County Pays Woman $100K to Settle Free Speech Lawsuit Against Police

Barnes said she was riding her bike on Austell Road to get butter for her family Easter Sunday when she saw the two officers. She said she cursed at them and flipped them off, and they came after her.

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