Noting that a San Diego police officer and a Homeland Security agent were off-duty when they got into a physical altercation ...
NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit upheld a Texas federal court’s denial of qualified immunity to former cop Aaron Dean, who shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson in her home within seconds of encountering ...
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas denied qualified immunity—a legal doctrine that protects local and state government officials from civil liability unless their actions violate a ...
A bill to rewrite Alabama law on civil and criminal immunity for police officers, one of the priorities for Republican legislators and Gov. Kay Ivey, passed the Alabama House of Representatives today ...
Clarence Belton was the only Black cop participating in a drug raid of a Black man’s house in North Carolina when he was shot more than ten times by a white cop who confused him for the suspect.
DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - Former police officer Mac Marquette heads back to court on Tuesday, looking to prove his case of self-defense when killing Steve Perkins in 2023. Marquette will go before Judge ...
DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - The immunity hearing for former Decatur Police officer Mac Marquette went into a second day on Wednesday as the judge heard from more witnesses. Marquette is set to go on trial ...
The death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in May 2020 gave momentum to a cross-ideological effort to reform the legal defense known as "qualified immunity," which can protect cops ...