American policing continues to embrace racial profiling, gives officers latitude to be aggressive and generally shields them from liability.

The jury awarded $10,000 to the family of a man killed in 2016. The verdict and award are not expected to stand.

Officer Kelsey Francemone was found civilly liable for violating the constitutional rights of Gary Porter, who was shot and killed by Francemone in 2016, and was awarded $10,000 in damages.

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PHOENIX — While city leaders largely support the DOJ’s decision to close its investigation into the Phoenix Police Department ...

A federal judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit that accused police of violating constitutional protections when they fatally ...

Renewed calls for passage of the act came after the police killing of Sonya Massey last July. The late Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee had already reintroduced the bill in May of last year, days before ...

With the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's death approaching, Congress has yet to pass legislation to reform or abolish ...

Civil rights attorneys in California warn that five years after George Floyd's murder, systemic police abuses persist and the ...

The Supreme Court has held that objectively reasonable actions do not violate the U.S. Constitution. Qualified immunity is ...

A former Texas Tech University dean is immune from claims that he retaliated against a professor, a split panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled nearly five years after arguments ...