Greyhound Finally Says No to Random Border Patrol 'Checks' of Its Buses
The company cited a recent federal memo clarifying that agents are expected to obey the Constitution.
The company cited a recent federal memo clarifying that agents are expected to obey the Constitution.
The presidential candidate’s gun control platform, like his defense of "stop and frisk," sacrifices civil liberties on the altar of public safety.
After declaring another man arrested by Gerald Goines "actually innocent," the Harris County district attorney says prosecutors are re-examining cases going back to 2008.
Dwain Barton says Officer Dean Vann illegally entered his home and used excessive force while arresting him without probable cause.
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg says it's reasonable to presume that Gerald Goines also lied in other drug cases.
The Institute for Justice asks the Supreme Court to clarify a doctrine that shields cops from responsibility for outrageous conduct.
Additional grand juries will investigate possible wrongdoing by other narcotics officers, including the way the raid was conducted.
D.C. cops appear to have a thing for illegally probing butts.
Signing a lease instead of a deed shouldn’t erase your right to be free of government home invasions.
The problems revealed by the DOJ inspector general go far beyond "errors" and "sloppiness."
A Montgomery County, Maryland, ordinance authorizes impoundment and misdemeanor charges for cyclists who lack the requisite sticker.
Police Chief Art Acevedo's observations about the fallen nature of humanity are no substitute for reforms aimed at preventing such abuses.
One woman alleged that Floyd Berry became aroused during an unlawful search.
A deadly raid based on a bogus tip and a fraudulent search warrant affidavit highlights loose police practices in Houston.
The Oregon Supreme Court says police may not grill drivers or ask to search their cars without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.
The Justice Department says Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas were killed in an operation based on a fraudulent warrant triggered by a false report to police.
The former New York mayor wants us to believe he suddenly realized a program he defended for 17 years was unfair and unconstitutional.
Fourth Amendment protections against warrantless searches are reduced when entering the country, but they’re not completely erased.
DART police officer Stephanie Branch illegally arrested Avi Adelman after he defied her unlawful orders to stop photographing paramedics treating an overdose.
The cop claimed to detect "a strong smell of fresh marijuana coming from within the house," but police did not find any.
The 10th Circuit says Adlynn and Robert Harte should be allowed to pursue three federal claims against comically inept Kansas sheriff's deputies.
The Supreme Court should not let police stop cars solely because they’re registered to people with suspended licenses.
The encryption limits that the Justice Department demands in the name of security would make all of us less secure.
Official responses to these extremely rare crimes are grossly disproportionate in light of the risk they actually pose.
Although the warrant was based on a heroin purchase that never happened, Art Acevedo says, there was other, unmentioned evidence that would have justified a search.
The Houston Police Officers' Union is no longer covering the legal fees of Gerald Goines, who faces two murder charges.
While the narcotics officers charged with murder and evidence tampering were bad eggs, Art Acevedo says, their colleagues acted "in good faith."
Gerald Goines justified the raid, which killed a middle-aged couple, based on a heroin purchase that apparently never happened.
Only three states require police to obtain a warrant before requesting private user data from companies.
When the cops just want to reward you for "good driving behavior" by giving you a drink coupon, according to a Phoenix TV station.
Evidence from the scene of the disastrous raid seems to contradict the official account.
The late Supreme Court justice was an inconsistent defender of civil liberties.
Surrender the Fifth Amendment or the dog dies.
State databases that track the medications we take invade our privacy without reducing opioid-related deaths.
An ACLU brief bolsters the state's case, arguing that people reasonably expect information about the medications they take will be kept confidential.
The treatment of Bryan Carmody and Julian Assange reveals widespread confusion about who counts as a journalist and whether it matters.
Marijuana legalization changes the constitutional status of canine olfactory inspections.
Contradictory responses to a request for autopsy reports illustrate how law enforcement agencies take advantage of a broad exception to the state's public records law.
The physical evidence at the scene seems inconsistent with the story told by the officers who conducted the no-knock drug raid.
Dennis Tuttle and his wife, Rhogena Nicholas, who was shot twice, were pronounced dead shortly after police invaded their home based on a "controlled buy" that never happened.
A new report finds that such arrests are most common in Waco, while resulting injuries are most common in Houston.
The officer accused of falsifying the no-knock warrant for the home invasion that killed Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas retired last Friday.
Can the government demand a warrantless search with no probable cause of ticket holders as a condition of issuing an event permit?
Art Acevedo plans to limit no-knock raids and give narcotics officers body cameras but wants credit for not covering up a cop's search warrant lies.
Lying to justify a search that killed two people could be a capital crime.
Art Acevedo also said police entering homes will soon start wearing body cameras.
"I don't have any indication it's a pattern," Police Chief Art Acevedo says.
An application for a warrant to search a narcotics officer's cellphone reveals that police have been unable to identify the informant.