A Houston Man Framed on Drug Charges Is Suing the Lethally Corrupt Cop Who Sent Him to Prison
Otis Mallet's ordeal, like the deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas, involved a fictional drug purchase.
Otis Mallet's ordeal, like the deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas, involved a fictional drug purchase.
A jury convicted the former Minneapolis police officer of murder and manslaughter in April, nearly a year after Floyd's death set off nationwide protests.
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Cops laugh about “probable cause on four legs” but the damage to innocent lives is real.
SCOTUS will soon decide whether to hear José Oliva’s argument that he should be allowed to sue V.A. officers for violating his Fourth Amendment rights.
The federal charges against Chauvin and three other officers involved in George Floyd's death are more about making a statement than seeking justice.
Bans on dangling objects are just one example of the myriad petty rules that give police the power to stop nearly any driver at will.
The guilty verdicts on all three counts reflect the logical force of the prosecution's case as well as the emotional impact of watching the assault on George Floyd.
"This wasn't policing," the prosecution says. "This was murder."
The defense rested without calling Chauvin to the stand, and closing arguments are expected on Monday.
That was one of several eyebrow-raising claims made by Barry Brodd, who said Derek Chauvin's actions were "objectively reasonable."
The defense will have to cast doubt on at least one of those claims.
Andrew Baker's account, like the testimony of other medical experts, implicates Derek Chauvin in Floyd's death.
The witnesses rejected the defense's suggestion that Floyd might have died from a drug overdose.
A use-of-force expert says the officers who pinned George Floyd to the ground should have recognized the risk of positional asphyxia.
Medaria Arradondo says Chauvin's treatment of George Floyd violated department policy in several important ways.
Richard Zimmerman's testimony contradicts the defense claim that Derek Chauvin "did exactly what he had been trained to do."
If drugs played a role in Floyd's death, the prone restraint only compounded that danger.
The defense will have a hard time showing that Chauvin's conduct was justified by any threat Floyd posed.
“There was no immediate danger,” Sotomayor said, yet the police “decided on their own to go in and seize the gun.”
After gratuitously terrifying a 6-year-old girl, the officers blamed her mother, who also had done nothing illegal.
Art Acevedo responded to a 2019 drug raid that killed a middle-aged couple with reflexive defensiveness and obstinate obfuscation.
But the agreement could complicate Derek Chauvin's murder trial, and it leaves unresolved the question of whether qualified immunity would have blocked the lawsuit.
Like the felony murder charge, it carries a presumptive sentence more than eight years longer than the manslaughter charge.
The justices did not address one of James King's key arguments, which the 6th Circuit will now consider.
They need not wait for the Supreme Court or Congress to restrict or abolish qualified immunity.
An independent panel concludes there was no legal justification for stopping, frisking, arresting, or assaulting McClain.
A bill approved by the state House would let people sue government officials for violating rights protected by the state constitution.
The appeals court concluded that the officers' use of force was reasonable in the circumstances.
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.
A Connecticut law that made it easier to sue abusive cops is not expected to have a noticeable effect on municipal insurance costs.
Louisville's police chief wants to fire an officer who shot Taylor and a detective who "lied" in the search warrant affidavit.
Government bullies empowered by civil forfeiture laws often back down, but only when their victims can afford a fight.
According to the government, a law aimed at helping victims like King prevents him from holding his assailants accountable.
Constitutional amendment overwhelmingly passes.
The federal government wants the Supreme Court to rule that the victim has no recourse.
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.
In several cases, the Supreme Court nominee voted to allow civil rights lawsuits against officers accused of misconduct.
The detective who obtained the search warrant cited the deliveries to falsely implicate Taylor in drug trafficking.
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 7th Circuit judge’s track record suggests she would frequently be a friend of civil liberties.