A new lawsuit alleges that Deputy Benjamin Jacquot, a school resource officer, slammed an 8-year-old's face into a conference room floor, causing bruises and lacerations.
"Marsy's Law guarantees to no victim—police officer or otherwise—the categorical right to withhold his or her name from disclosure," the Florida Supreme Court ruled.
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The regulation is part of a suite of new restrictions on hotels sought by the local hotel workers union.
From March 2021 to July 2023, 74 people were killed and nearly 200 were injured in vehicle chases occurring in counties affected by Operation Lone Star.
Officers barged into their house without a warrant, shot their dog, and mocked them, a federal civil rights lawsuit says.
NYPD radio frequencies have been open to the public since 1932. A new encrypted system will end that.
Wayne County was seizing cars and using its less-fortunate residents as piggy banks.
It appears that DEA agents have been employed on non-drug-related investigations for far longer than they were originally authorized.
Elisabeth Rehn was about to take a bath when police officers kicked down her door, flooded into her apartment, and pointed their guns at her.
No amount of encampment sweeps and pressure-washing sidewalks is going to solve the problem of thousands of people living on the streets.
"I believe in empowering the individual and limited government. I chose to become a Libertarian on my registration because it spoke to who I was."
That prosecutors in the Hoosier State successfully denied people this due process is a reflection of how abusive civil forfeiture can be.
In an apparent case of retaliation by humiliation, Jerry Rogers Jr. was arrested for speaking out about a stalled murder investigation.
Almost 10 years after his arrest, Marvin Guy will soon learn if he'll spend the rest of his life in prison.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently showed off the autonomous security robot the city is piloting.
"I asked them to show me a warrant; they didn't show me nothing," a grandmother said.
A 9-year-old lab mix wandered away from home during a storm. When a neighbor called the police to help find the dog's family, cops shot the pup instead.
Joshua Garton spent nearly two weeks in jail for "manufacturing and disseminating a harassing photograph on social media." A First Amendment lawsuit quickly followed.
The Riders Come Out at Night frames it as a hopeful sign that police reform is possible.
Even though Jackson, Mississippi, police knew they had killed 37-year-old Dexter Wade, they didn't inform his mother and allowed him to be buried in a penal farm.
A judge tossed two of the claims against Afroman, finding that "the issue appears to be the humiliation and outrage that the officers feel at having their likenesses displayed and mocked."
President Biden commemorated the 25th anniversary of his tragic death by celebrating legislation passed in Shepard's name. But it was based on a major falsehood.
Tayvin Galanakis was arrested last year on suspicion of intoxication, even after a Breathalyzer showed he was sober.
The outrageous case has led to calls from Congress to pass legislation curbing civil asset forfeiture.
An officer conducted the search of Prentiss Jackson's vehicle after claiming he could smell "a little bit of weed." It ultimately resulted in a lengthy prison term.
"The police are free to ask questions, and the public is free to ignore them," wrote a federal judge.
A 2022 Canadian case involving what looks like a stoned mistake seems to be the closest real-world example of this purported danger.
The trial—and, in some sense, Timpa's life—was about transparency.
Daraius Dubash was arrested for peacefully protesting in a public park.
Trials are incredibly valuable fact-finding tools—particularly when the defendants are public employees.
States that allow home chefs to sell perishable foods report no confirmed cases of relevant foodborne illness.
"Doesn't matter," says the officer. "She's still making porn."
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