We cannot stand idly by while rogue federal agents...kill our neighbors on the street in cold blood,” said Pressley.
THE ISSUE UNDER THE LEGAL MICROSCOPE, THERE’S A NEW FOCUS ON THE DOCTRINE OF QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. >> A FEDERAL JUDGE IN JACKSON RECENTLY QUESTIONED WHETHER THE PRINCIPLE IS CONSTITUTIONAL THAT HAS BEEN ...
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K-9 Zepp is retiring at the age of 9. A Pierce County Sheriff’s deputy who allegedly allowed his K-9 to wrongfully attack a domestic violence suspect near Puyallup in 2019 isn’t protected from being ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Glyn Hart, 46, died by suicide Nov. 1, 2021, in a La Junta holding cell. (Photo provided by Spencer Bryan) Glyn Hart was suicidal when he crashed into a ...
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The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of a California police officer denied qualified immunity in a civil rights ...
A California woman won't be allowed to sue the police officer who allegedly leaked a confidential abuse report to her violent boyfriend after the Supreme Court declined to review her case, ending her ...
A criminal task force comprised of multiple law enforcement officers was serving a search warrant on a person suspected of distributing methamphetamine. He had spent 15 years in prison for murder and ...
General skepticism toward qualified immunity, the legal doctrine that makes it difficult to sue rights-violating state and local government officials, has over the years brought together weird ...