Legal
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In a recent case, the court determines whether a traffic stop was legally extended based on reasonable suspicion
Federal Appellate Court Reverses lower court and rejects Dallas officers’ qualified immunity defense
Court rules that jury could find officer’s application of a knee to a mentally ill subject’s back beyond that necessary to control him
“Sometimes the protection of the many requires an individual, especially a public servant, to act for the public good,” the appellate judges wrote
“We will not tolerate the rise of lawlessness against our police officers,” said Attorney General Ashley Moody
The officers were fired after shooting Nicolas Chavez after he picked up a dropped stun gun
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said that putting barriers between officers and sealed records would be a “serious setback for public safety”
“Today’s decision spells the end of public access to law-enforcement records,” said Chief Justice Tom Parker
Police union officials called the new policy “bizarre and reckless considering the global pandemic”
Chauvin lists several jury issues and argues the state committed “prejudicial prosecutorial misconduct”
The development comes after lawmakers failed to meet a deadline set by President Joe Biden
The union also demands any coronavirus-related injury or death “automatically be considered a line-of-duty injury”
In a statement, police said that state law does not require the release of personnel records
An officer asks travel-related questions during a traffic stop; the court decides if the stop was unreasonably extended
The death of Andrew Finch, the unintended victim of a hoax call, drew national attention to “swatting”
The quotas were imposed 40 years ago when only 9.9% of the department’s officers were Black and 3.4% were women
After months of back-and-forth, residents can vote on a key policing proposal this fall
“It’s crystal clear now that Derek Chauvin cannot be convicted of murder three,” said one law professor
Lawyers argued that there was no evidence Potter believed she was holding a gun
The indictment alleges that Chauvin, in a separate case, used a restraint similar to the one used on George Floyd
The order temporarily bars police from enforcing a law that Judge Mark Walker said is too vague
About 300 officers have left in the past 18 months, and about 100 have been hired, according to one council member
Sheriff Jim Hart noted that such misuse of law enforcement “can further deteriorate community-police relations”
The latest effort in a fight over replacing the police department comes just two days before early voting begins
“We’ve said from the beginning that this was a tragedy but it wasn’t a murder,” said an attorney representing former Minneapolis officer Mohamed Noor
Former NYPD Officer David Afanador was accused of using a banned chokehold in June 2020
Law enforcement groups reacted positively to the changes, saying that the memo addressed “many major concerns”
Several law enforcement groups had challenged the law in July, saying it violated officers’ right to self-defense, among other issues
Currently, LASD doesn’t consider pointing a gun to be a use of force, so there’s no process for reporting those incidents
Defendant Calvin Weaver asserted the Terry frisk began not when the officer touched him, but at the moment the officer ordered him to get out of the car
Trooper Ronald L. Ensminger Jr. alleges city leaders should have taken steps to ensure that protests did not devolve into rioting
The six LAPD employees suing include individuals “who could not assert a medical or religious exemption”
The new policy also says they won’t prosecute cases when officers ask to search a vehicle without articulable suspicion
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