Michael Jennings was arrested on obstruction charges, even after a neighbor who called police over "suspicious person" concerns told officers she had made a mistake.
The lawsuit argues the new law will chill protected First Amendment activities and keep media and the public from holding police accountable.
The police admitted wrongdoing, but Denver moved forward with a plan to reduce crowds and crimes downtown—by targeting food trucks that did nothing wrong.
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When one police officer's racist text messages surfaced online earlier this month, local officials found that city law prevented the outright firing of the officers involved.
Multiple state agencies told Sheriff Randy ‘Country’ Seal that he had no right to collect taxes from a rancher in his parish. He sued anyway.
But it's hard to believe conservatives who wanted to lock up their political opponents and opposed police-accountability measures are acting out of principle rather than partisanship.
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Lethal drug raids in Louisville and Houston were based on fishy police affidavits that turned out to be fraudulent.
It's virtually the only area of law enforcement where racial discrimination is officially permitted by policy. And it's both wrong and illegal.
Michael Picard's free speech rights were violated when he was booked for telling passersby to "Google Jury Nullification."
The lawsuit says police in Rosenberg, Texas, have a history of excessive force and unlawful searches, especially against those with medical vulnerabilities.
On average, the minimum requirement for cops is about 650 hours, compared to about 1,300 hours for barbers.
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Brookside faces several federal challenges for trying to fund its city by ticketing and towing the cars of anybody they can get away with.
After Amazon admitted it gives Ring footage to police departments upon "emergency" request, San Francisco Mayor London Breed wants cops to be able to access any camera at any time.
For the officer's excessive force, the protester was later awarded a $175,000 settlement over the 2016 incident.
Judge Jones makes an interesting and compelling argument that in situations where it is debatable whether an officer followed Miranda, there is no good reason for suppressing an unwarned voluntary statement.
New body cam footage shows Ruben Ruiz heading toward the classroom to rescue his wife, but other officers stopped him.
Taking personal responsibility turns out to be a better idea than putting faith in the state.
Only you can be relied upon to protect you and your loved ones. Ignore anybody who claims otherwise.
The unanimous decision is a good first step for getting law enforcement out of prescription decisions.
This was an attempted arrest of a man wanted for questioning and parole violations, not a hostage situation.
The felony murder rule continues to criminalize people for killing people they didn't actually kill.
The Supreme Court still refuses to weigh in on the issue.
The law is an important step, but ending police harassment of sex workers requires decriminalizing the trade entirely.
Civil liberties groups oppose the law, saying it will impede First Amendment–protected activity and protect bad cops.
Like it or not, the Thomas Court is here.
After community outrage and the mayor saying he wasn't told about Timothy Loehmann's policing background, the officer withdrew his application.
Reforms promised after Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 are not being followed by Los Angeles police.
Randy Cox was arrested on gun possession charges. Hours later, he was paralyzed from the chest down.
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