The movement to increase accountability for police officers who use excessive force may have seen its most significant setback yet with the second election of Donald Trump as president. Trump has ...

The legal doctrine of qualified immunity contributes to the erosion of public confidence in policing and makes us all less safe. As it stands, if unlawful or unconstitutional action by a government ...

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Conservatives who are leery of government power in other contexts often have a blind spot when it comes to police officers. Tough-on-crime instincts, coupled with anger at left-wing critics of police ...

THE ISSUE UNDER THE LEGAL MICROSCOPE, THERE’S A NEW FOCUS ON THE DOCTRINE OF QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. >> A FEDERAL JUDGE IN JACKSON RECENTLY QUESTIONED WHETHER THE PRINCIPLE IS CONSTITUTIONAL THAT HAS BEEN ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Qualified immunity for police officers was a hot-button issue on Beacon Hill in 2020 during the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, and lawmakers are debating similar policies ...

K-9 Zepp is retiring at the age of 9. A Pierce County Sheriff’s deputy who allegedly allowed his K-9 to wrongfully attack a domestic violence suspect near Puyallup in 2019 isn’t protected from being ...

The plan was for Michael Wayne Jackson and his family to get Red Lobster Dec. 4, 2021 after the father finished his night shift doing road construction and got some rest. But Michael needed a haircut, ...

A proposed Ohio constitutional amendment that would end qualified immunity that protects government employees such as police officers from lawsuits can start gathering signatures to get on next year’s ...

Law enforcement officers sometimes make split-second decisions that turn out wrong. But in the case of Sylvia Gonzalez, a mayor, police chief and special detective spent weeks considering ways to ...

(The Center Square) — After staying quiet during his last re-election bid, Pennsylvania’s police union went against Sen. Bob Casey in favor of his Republican opponent, Dave McCormick. Concerns over ...

The three-person Iowa House Public Safety Committee advanced a bill on Monday that would protect Iowa school teachers and staff who carry guns from legal action under qualified immunity. The ...