The former attorney general reportedly nixed a plea deal that involved a sentence of more than 10 years but would have precluded a federal prosecution.
A state law eliminated qualified immunity as a defense for abusive officers.
The families of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas say the city's policies and practices invited Fourth Amendment violations.
After breaking into Tuttle's home with no legal justification, police killed his dog and his wife.
So far a dozen narcotics officers have been charged as a result of the investigation triggered by the disastrous operation.
The suit follows a scathing 2019 report detailing unchecked violence and sexual assault against incarcerated people.
And taxpayers will foot the bill.
According to the government, a law aimed at helping victims like King prevents him from holding his assailants accountable.
The federal government wants the Supreme Court to rule that the victim has no recourse.
Walter Wallace's family says the officers could have defused the situation without using lethal force.
The state legislature is considering reforms in response to the use of dogs against cooperative suspects.
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said "the grand jury agreed" that indicting the two officers who shot Taylor was inappropriate.
Just the latest in a string of incidents involving school police and children with disabilities
In several cases, the Supreme Court nominee voted to allow civil rights lawsuits against officers accused of misconduct.
Despite the city's stubborn resistance, a judge will finally consider the family's request to depose police supervisors.
Drug warriors gratuitously created the chaotic situation that state prosecutors say justified the use of deadly force.
The hail of bullets that killed her can be justified only in a country that uses violence to enforce politicians' pharmacological prejudices.
The agreement also includes several reforms aimed at preventing reckless drug raids based on dubious evidence.
Roderick Walker told deputies that he didn't need an ID since he wasn't driving.
The former Minneapolis police officer, who kneeled on Floyd's neck for more than eight minutes, says two other cops failed to de-escalate the situation.
Excessive force is certainly an issue. So is overcriminalization.
"I believe there is sufficient evidence of a clearly established Fourth Amendment violation," writes the dissenting judge.
Trying to distract attention from the deadly corruption in his own department, Art Acevedo demands "action at the national level."
Tau Thao repeatedly dismissed bystanders' concerns as his colleagues used a fatal prone restraint.
The results reflect the impact of increasing publicity about police abuses.
The 2012 internal affairs report complaint was filed by a use-of-force instructor who warned the advice could lead to lawsuits.
A National Guard officer will testify that the June 1 clearing of protesters outside the White House was "an unnecessary escalation of the use of force" and "deeply disturbing."
U.S. District Judge Michael Simon reminds the feds that they are bound by the First Amendment.
The president’s heavy-handed response to protests against police brutality belies his promise of "law and order."
The decision vividly illustrates how the doctrine shields police from accountability for using excessive force.
The report found it was "not uncommon for Narcotics Bureau officers to write false or incomplete narratives that justify their uses of force."
The judicially invented license for police abuse undermines the rule of law and the separation of powers.
The answer speaks volumes about the extent to which that doctrine protects police officers from liability for outrageous conduct.
She would still be alive if politicians did not insist on using violence to enforce their pharmacological prejudices.
These reforms would protect all Americans while reducing racial disparities in policing.
The felony murder charge against Garrett Rolfe hinges on whether he reasonably believed Brooks posed a threat.
One need not believe every cop is a bigot to recognize that the problem goes beyond a few "bad apples."
That uniform rule is different from the policies favored by Donald Trump and House Democrats.
Every encounter with armed agents of the state has the potential to end tragically, which is a good reason to minimize such encounters.
Will progressives alienate allies and squander this opportunity for change?
Responding to a medical alert they knew was erroneous, White Plains officers killed the man they supposedly were trying to help.
The criminal complaints against Derek Chauvin and three other officers rely on expansive liability principles that reformers usually oppose.
Sometimes a "few bad apples" is systemic rot.
From tighter use-of-force rules to eliminating qualified immunity, here are some reforms that could make a real difference.
Two Buffalo police officers have been suspended and the man is in the hospital.
And that means breaking through the "blue wall of silence."
They're using their Second Amendment rights to protect local businesses from riots and looting.
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