Legal
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A recent case follows the events of a traffic stop in which police were demanding identification from a subject who refused
The notion of the least amount of force sounds nice, which makes it deceptively easy to believe – however, the concept is inherently flawed
A half-century later and nearly two years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in his favor, the inmate is still waiting for his first chance at freedom
James Alex Fields Jr. is accused of ramming a car into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville
A bill would prevent landlords, mobile-home parks, condo associations and the like from restricting the display of the flags
Assistant Attorney General Karl Pothier said that as a prosecutor, Marilyn Mosby is immune from the lawsuit filed by officers who were cleared in Freddie Gray’s death
Officer Mark Hovan said he believes the suspension violates his religious freedom
Prosecutors say Nicholas Young bought nearly $250 in gift cards for the Islamic State group and gave them to an individual who turned out to be an FBI source
A city maintained that Officer David Martin, who suffered spinal injuries after being rear-ended in his squad car, did not have a line-of-duty injury
The widow of Officer Blake Snyder, who was killed after responding to a disturbance call, said she was outraged by the decision
Trooper Landon Weaver was killed after responding to a domestic complaint Friday evening, Dec. 30, 2016
The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act would force PDs to honor the concealed carry weapons permit from every state
The state will reject FirstNet, which was created in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
The shooting occurred after cops asked Daniel Shaver to exit his hotel room and refrain from making sudden movements
Police Chief Bill Scott said that the officer who fired was on his fourth day of duty, riding with a training officer
Police agencies need to know how to vet the technology and its vendors
A TSA agent saw the Kahr Arms 9mm semi-automatic handgun when a bag belonging to State Rep. Lori Saine went through an X-ray machine
If citizens willingly permit widespread use of FRT outside of law enforcement, you could argue they no longer have any reasonable expectation of facial privacy
The judge also said Michael Slager, 36, obstructed justice when he made statements to state police after the shooting
District Attorney David Prater said Sgt. Keith Patrick Sweeney “crossed the line” when he fatally shot Dustin Pigeon, who was suicidal
The woman could have the charges against her dropped if she writes a letter of apology to the officer she struck during a University of Miami football game
Former North Charleston officer Michael Slager has been in jail since pleading guilty in May to violating Walter Scott’s civil rights
Decision could affect not only how the Fourth Amendment applies to police searches in the digital age, but also impact NSA surveillance and privacy rights
Defense attorney Michael Coard has compared police departments to slave patrols and represented people accused of killing cops
The officer called the man a coward, then took out a tube of K-Y Jelly and said: “You are going to need a lot of this”
The judge barred any mention of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate’s immigration status or the five times he was arrested and deported to Mexico
None of the officers are back to patrolling the streets of West Baltimore, where Freddie Gray was arrested in 2015
Jose Ines Garcia Zarate had been deported five times and was wanted for a sixth deportation when Kate Steinle was fatally shot in the back
The officers allege that employees at the San Gabriel PD used racial slurs and that the department refused to promote Asian officers
The St. Anthony City Council voted to pay $675,000 to Diamond Reynolds and her daughter, who was 4 years old at the time of the shooting
Lyrics in rapper Jamal Knox’s song include lines such as “let’s kill these cops ‘cause they don’t do us no good”
Andrea Rebello, 21, was fatally shot by an officer when a gunman broke into her home and used her as a human shield
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