He Got 30 Years for Murder After a Cop Killed His Friend
Lakeith Smith's case epitomizes the issues with the "felony murder" doctrine.
Lakeith Smith's case epitomizes the issues with the "felony murder" doctrine.
"Defendant Huber intentionally fired his service weapon at Decedent and killed him with gunfire while Decedent posed no threat of death or serious bodily harm to Defendant Huber," the lawsuit states.
Police detectives accused Jerry Johnson of being a drug trafficker and seized cash he says he intended to use to buy a semitruck at auction. He was never charged with a crime.
James King is once again asking the high court to rule that two officers should not receive immunity for choking him unconscious and temporarily disfiguring his face.
A new Netflix documentary shows how the seeds of political polarization that roil our culture today were planted at Waco.
An important and compelling new book on qualified immunity and other obstacles to holding law enforcement officers accountable for rights violations.
"What I saw today was heartbreaking," said the victim's mother. "It was disturbing, it was traumatic. My son was tortured."
"Then my baby started crying so I reached for my son, and as I'm reaching, a man held me and told me, 'Don't touch him. He's getting taken away from you,'" said the children's mother.
The former head of the NYPD and the LAPD talks about how bad leadership creates police brutality and why he's still against pot legalization.
Supervisors and judges tolerated outrageous constitutional violations, including illegal searches and brutal assaults.
"I hurt every day," said the victim's mother. "I cry all day, every day."
Police dogs seriously injured 186 people within the last two years—more than batons or tasers did, according to the ACLU.
Yes, even children should have access to an attorney.
The two-year investigation, launched after the police killing of Breonna Taylor, concluded that Louisville police routinely used invalid search warrants and failed to knock and announce their presence.
Amit Katwala’s Tremors in the Blood explores how unreliable technologies have been used in our criminal justice system.
Convincing law enforcement officers that those who do wrong will suffer consequences is by far the most powerful tool for changing police behavior in the long run.
Michael Friend was arrested in 2018 for holding a sign that read "Cops Ahead" near a police checkpoint. That arrest violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights, a federal appeals court has ruled.
"The Officers' actions were unreasonable, deliberately indifferent, reckless, willful, wanton, and shocking to the conscience," a new legal complaint states.
One guy with gambling debts is a news story, but a formal policy of legalized theft is a national scandal.
Richard Ward's family has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Pueblo County and five sheriff's office officials over a shooting incident that left him dead.
Tony Mitchell's death was a "direct and proximate result" of jail officers' "deliberate indifference or malice, and of their ongoing denial of Tony's constitutional rights under a scheme that continued to operate after his death," his family's suit states.
Let's start by doing away with the idea that officers are engaged in a war for our streets rather than involved in a civilian operation that requires community support and trust.
Montgomery doesn’t want people to see a police dog maul a man to death out of fear of the response.
Tiffany Lindsay says officers never contacted her to let her know they shot her dog. Instead, a neighbor found it in their trash can.
In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Joe Biden said that he wants to hold police "accountable." But he neglected to mention the elephant in the room.
According to the suit, the officer "acted with malice or in reckless disregard of Jane Doe's federally protected rights."
Police went silent on city officials following the botched raid that caused $5,000 in damages.
Normal human interaction should not automatically be considered creepy or criminal.
"My intention is to ensure that all Americans from the wealthiest millionaire to the poorest homeless person can exercise these rights without fear of consequence from our government," said Jeff Gray.
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According to a lawsuit, Amir Worship was sitting on the edge of his bed with his hands raised when an officer shot him, shattering his kneecap.
Out of 19 suspects arrested on terrorism charges, at least nine are accused of nothing more serious than trespassing.
There are ways to reduce abusive behavior while still protecting public safety.
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"Active bystandership" training aims to overcome the pressures that discourage police officers from intervening when their colleagues use excessive force.
"Comprehensive and accurate records are critical if patterns and causes of harm are going to be identified and corrected," said an attorney representing Louisiana inmates.
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The five police officers involved in the deadly encounter have been charged with Nichols' murder.
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Priscilla Villarreal's case will be heard again tomorrow at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. She has attracted some unlikely supporters.
Body camera footage shows precisely why some people don’t trust police to respond appropriately to nonviolent incidents.
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