Mike Callahan

Full list of Mike Callahan results

• Alabama appeals court reverses murder conviction of Ala. officer who shot, killed suicidal subject

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  The court ruled that self-defense jury instruction that treated the officer like an ordinary citizen was erroneous

• Ninth Circuit in split decision rejects qualified immunity for LAPD cop who shot, killed offender beating another officer

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  Dissenting judge highly critical of fellow judges concluding: “the rule of law [they treat] as clearly established … could well make the difference in whether officers like Agdeppa and Rodriguez make it out of a violent altercation alive.”

• First Circuit reverses qualified immunity denial, exonerates officers who killed knife-wielding terrorist

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  The suspect, who was armed with a 13” knife, was stopped and shot by officers on his way to kill police officers at random

• Fifth Circuit reverses lower court grant of qualified immunity to Texas police officer

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  The appellate court was critical of the officer’s decision to enter a suspect’s vehicle, which resulted in the shooting death of the driver and a second officer being struck twice by the vehicle

• Court of Appeals affirms city not liable for excessive force used by off-duty officers who consumed alcohol

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  Federal judge overturns $1.2M civil rights jury verdict against City of Indianapolis

• Ohio Supreme Court suppresses public employee statements taken in violation of the Fifth Amendment

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  The Court ruled that the employee statements were compelled by threat of job loss and inadmissible in a criminal proceeding

• Washington state adds 'racial and ethnic' bias considerations to its state constitutional test for whether police have 'seized' a person

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  Court holds requesting personal identification in a public location, without threats, overt coercion, or a display of force, was a seizure requiring reasonable suspicion

• Court: Officer who shot suspect in the back did not violate clearly established law, entitled to qualified immunity

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  The officer, believing the suspect was armed and that a fellow officer was in danger, shot the suspect from behind

• Officers denied qualified immunity for illegally detaining murder victim’s family members

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  Officers transported family members to the police station without consent or probable cause for interview while victim died at the hospital

• Federal Appeals Court rules gun discovery violates Fourth Amendment because traffic stop was unlawfully extended

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  Philadelphia officers had removed a vehicle’s passenger for safety concerns during a traffic stop and found a loaded pistol

• Eighth Circuit denies qualified immunity for ‘on scene’ supervisor and officers who fired bean bags during pipeline protest

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  Court refused to dismiss county liability allegation that sheriff tacitly authorized pattern of unlawful bean bag deployment

• Eighth Circuit rejects qualified immunity for police supervisory and subordinate officers in crowd control operation

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  Jury trial required to determine liability for mass arrest, alleged excessive force and supervisory indifference

• A narrow judicial win for the blue in blue Massachusetts

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  The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules a police pat frisk of an armed gang member lawful

• Gun calls and investigative detention

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  Eighth Circuit affirms police detention including handcuffing and pointing guns at suspects

• Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals exonerates Utah officer in shooting of unarmed man

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  Not mentioned by the court, but the officer’s immediate shooting response justified because he was facing the “deadly reactionary gap”

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