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‘Officers Should Know … Do Not Lie’: Judge Blasts Houston Cops Who Arrested Black Good Samaritan and...
Atlanta Black Star· 16 hours agoThe three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court Court of Appeals decided that qualified immunity does not extend to officers Michael Garcia and Joshua Few ...
Psychological torture by Fontana police shakes public confidence
Orange County Register· 19 hours agoAs first reported by the Southern California News Group’s Tony Saavedra, the city of Fontana has...
Mississippi Judge Rules Qualified Immunity 'Has No Basis in Law' In Cause Brought By Wrongfully...
Atlanta Black Star· 2 days agoThe decision could reshape the landscape of civil rights litigation...into a significant blow to the controversial legal doctrine that has often shielded law enforcement officers< ...
A legal doctrine that shields police from many lawsuits may be losing support
Louisiana Illuminator via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDesmond Green spent nearly two years in a violent Mississippi jail awaiting trial for a murder he...
This Journalist Was Arrested, Strip-Searched, and Jailed for Filming Police. Will He Get Justice?
Reason.com via AOL· 12 hours ago"Villarreal and others portray her as a martyr for the sake of journalism," wrote Judge Edith Jones...
Judge: Qualified Immunity Is an Unqualified Disaster
The Bulwark· 2 days agoIt is therefore highly unusual for district court judges to publicly criticize appellate-court decisions they are bound to apply, much less rulings of...
Uvalde Shooting Victims’ Families Sue Texas DPS Officers
The 74 via Yahoo News· 2 days agoRelatives of 17 children killed and two kids injured in Texas’ deadliest school shooting are suing...
Fontana pays nearly $900,000 for ‘psychological torture’ inflicted by police to get false confession
San Bernardino Sun· 7 days agoWithin hours after Thomas Perez Jr. called police to report his father missing, he found himself in...
Conservative 5th circuit slams 2 HPD officers for believing a drunk driver over a Good Samaritan
ABC13 Houston· 5 days agoIn a case that's sure to reverberate, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that two...
St. Louis Public Radio makes unprecedented sovereign immunity claim in defamation case
Missouri Independent via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe University of Missouri, on behalf of St. Louis Public Radio, is making an unprecedented legal...