Want Better Policing? Make It Easier To Fire Bad Cops.
Realtors, contractors, and insurance agents who engage in bad behavior can be stripped of their licenses. Police officers, on the other hand, rarely get fired.
Realtors, contractors, and insurance agents who engage in bad behavior can be stripped of their licenses. Police officers, on the other hand, rarely get fired.
Law enforcers have plenty of tools; they just want to paw through our data without effort or expense.
Once again, it shows just how hard it is to hold bad officers accountable.
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Holding a sign in a public park should not cause an arrest.
"In lower courts' view, [a] federal badge now equals absolute immunity."
Fourth Amendment advocates win big in Lange v. California.
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But the appeals court wasn't having it.
Legislators cannot have it both ways.
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids railed against cops for enforcing the same kind of anti-vaping rule they help pass.
And it's not a moment too soon.
Two states have passed laws requiring court approval before the cops can use genetic genealogy services to track down a suspect.
Dumb laws lead to police brutality.
The move is a direct assault on the First Amendment.
People have only official assurances that the technology isn’t being used to invade their privacy.
The announcement comes days after an exclusive report from Reason attracted national attention to the case.
The Supreme Court will soon announce if it'll consider an appeal.
Umbrellas, black clothing, and chanting "all cops are bastards" signal criminal street gang membership, prosecutors said.
The case is an indictment on just how hard it is to get accountability when the government violates your rights.
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The Supreme Court declines to hear arguments in Oliva v. Nivar.
The decision will make it even more difficult for victims to hold the government accountable when their rights are violated.
The state has refused to release the video for the past two years, but the Associated Press got its own copy.
The Supreme Court has a chance to fix this. The stakes are high.
Cops say they can't function without qualified immunity, while their supporters on the right say abolishing it would be a step toward defunding the police. Neither claim is true.
The victim will now have no right to argue his case before a jury in civil court.
Some of the changes may make a difference. Others, not so much.
State investigators say shooting justified because Andrew Brown Jr. drove toward law enforcement to escape arrest.
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If the officer succeeds, the victim will not be allowed to sue on those claims.
Cops laugh about “probable cause on four legs” but the damage to innocent lives is real.
How pretextual traffic stops got the judicial stamp of approval.
Hernan Palma is suing after he says he was punched in the face and his family restrained by cops during a botched no-knock drug raid.
Will the public ever see why deputies shot Andrew Brown?
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