America's Epidemic of Police Abuse & Violence
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Denver, Colorado: Violations of First Amendment Right to Record Police
The Supreme Court Declines To Determine if You Have a First Amendment Right To Film the Police 1 November 2021 The Supreme Court has just refused to hear a case at the nexus of police abuse and the First Amendment, declining to consider a petition from a man who says his free speech rights...- Democide
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Pennsylvania: ACLU Sues Montgomery County for Detaining Probation Violators for Months With No Hearings
ACLU Sues a Pennsylvania County for Detaining Probation Violators for Months With No Hearings 27 October 2021 A Pennsylvania county is locking up alleged probation violators for months with no court hearings to examine their cases, the American Civil Liberties Union claims in a class-action...- Democide
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If Courts Won't Protect People's Phones At The Border, Congress Needs To Act Now
If Courts Won't Protect People's Phones At The Border, Congress Needs To Act Now 26 October 2021 Invasive searches of people's phones at border crossings and international airports have become standard operating procedure for US border control agencies. The usual justifications have been...- Democide
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Denver: Students Have Rights - Court Dumps Evidence After Cops Rely On A Month-Old Anonymous Tip To Search A Minor
Students Have Rights: Court Dumps Evidence After Cops Rely On A Month-Old Anonymous Tip To Search A Minor 9 November 2021 As courts seemingly have to remind school administrators (and their partners in unconstitutional crime, school police officers), students -- even minors -- still have...- Democide
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U.S. Supreme Court Has Made It Practically Impossible To Sue a Rights-Violating Federal Officer
SCOTUS Has Made It Practically Impossible To Sue a Rights-Violating Federal Officer 11 November 2021 Several recent Supreme Court decisions have made it practically impossible to sue a federal officer over alleged violations of constitutional rights. Now the Court has agreed to hear a case...- Democide
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- Forum: Justice Denied Due To Qualified Immunity
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Arlington, Texas: Cop Bau Tran Was Indicted for Homicide After Shooting Fleeing O’Shae Terry, Still Got Qualified Immunity.
A Cop Was Indicted for Homicide After Shooting a Fleeing Driver. He Still Got Qualified Immunity. 9 November 2021 Bau Tran, a police officer with the city of Arlington, Texas, is currently facing up to two years in state jail for criminally negligent homicide after killing a motorist who was...- Democide
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Laredo, Texas: Fifth Circuit Appeals Court Strips Immunity For Officers Who Busted Journalist Priscilla "Lagordica" Villareal For Asking Questions
Cops Arrested Her for Exercising Her First Amendment Rights. They Got Qualified Immunity—but the Appeals Court Wasn't Having It 3 November 2021 Whether you can exercise your First Amendment rights freely depends, in some cases, on where you live and what judges happen to hear your plea...- Democide
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Supreme Court denies former sheriff’s appeal of drunk driving case
Supreme Court denies former sheriff’s appeal of drunk driving case 29 October 2021 The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld former Merrimack County Sheriff Scott Hilliard’s 2019 drunk driving conviction on Friday, denying his argument that evidence about his blood alcohol level shouldn’t have...- Democide
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After Taking A Couple Of Steps Towards Trimming Back Qualified Immunity, The Supreme Court Regresses To The Mean
After Taking A Couple Of Steps Towards Trimming Back Qualified Immunity, The Supreme Court Regresses To The Mean 25 October 2021 The Supreme Court spent decades making it all but impossible for citizens to successfully sue law enforcement officers for violating their rights. The Supreme Court...- Democide
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Minnesota: Lying St. Paul pig Heather Weyker causes crime victims to be jailed for years
If the Police Lie, Should They Be Held Liable? Often the Answer Is No. 12 September 2021 In 2010, Officer Heather Weyker of the St. Paul Police Department in Minnesota had the biggest case of her career: a child sex-trafficking ring said to have spanned four states and involved girls as young...- Democide
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Prison Guard Who Pepper-Sprayed an Inmate Without Provocation Got Qualified Immunity. SCOTUS Disagreed.
Qualified immunity denied! A Prison Guard Who Pepper-Sprayed an Inmate Without Provocation Got Qualified Immunity. SCOTUS Disagreed. 23 February 2021 The Supreme Court on Monday dealt another blow to qualified immunity, the legal doctrine that shields civil servants from accountability for...- Democide
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Cop Noah Bartelt Killed a Suicidal Man, Willie Gibbons, and Got Qualified Immunity
A Cop Killed a Suicidal Man and Got Qualified Immunity. Justice Sotomayor Isn't Happy About It. 4 October 2021 Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is reiterating her disdain for qualified immunity—a legal doctrine that protects certain government officials from accountability—decades after...- Democide
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Cop Travis Michael English Gets Qualified Immunity After Jailing Florida Man Dillon Shane Webb for 'I Eat Ass' Bumper Sticker
Cops Get Qualified Immunity After Jailing Florida Man for 'I Eat Ass' Bumper Sticker 28 September 2021 New life was injected into a free speech legal saga over an "I Eat Ass" bumper sticker yesterday when a federal judge ruled that the expression might violate Florida's obscenity law and...- Democide
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Inmate 'Leaking Blood All Over' Denied Medical Treatment for Hours. The Prison Guard Gordon Lewis Gets Qualified Immunity
An Inmate Allegedly 'Leaking Blood All Over' Was Denied Medical Treatment for Hours. The Prison Guard Gets Qualified Immunity 24 September 2021 A prison guard who opted not to ensure prompt medical care for an inmate with a broken hand and a partially severed tendon is entitled to qualified...- Democide
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DHS Agent Ray Lamb Who Tried To Kill Kevin Byrd Can't Be Sued—Because He Works for the Federal Government
The DHS Agent Who Tried To Kill Kevin Byrd Can't Be Sued—Because He Works for the Federal Government 22 September 2021 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agent Ray Lamb was not acting in his professional capacity when he approached Kevin Byrd in the parking lot of a Texas bar and allegedly...- Democide
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