Court Tosses Missouri Law That Banned Police From Enforcing Federal Gun Laws August 29, 2024 By Summer Ballentine COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Federal appellate judges overturned a Missouri law Monday that banned police from enforcing some federal gun...
Family of Man Fatally Shot Sues West Hartford Police, Seeks Federal Probe August 22, 2024 By Dave Collins The family of a man fatally shot by a Connecticut police officer as he tried to flee in a stolen...
Judge Allows Vermont Suit Alleging Police Bias, Excessive Force Against Black Teen August 9, 2024 By Lisa Rathke A Vermont judge has denied the city of Burlington’s request to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that police used excessive force...
New Hampshire Supreme Court Reverses Police Chief’s Misconduct Verdict August 9, 2024 The New Hampshire Supreme Court has reversed the conviction of a former police chief who was accused of violating sexual...
Ohio Supreme Court Orders City to Pay $30 Million Police Brutality Judgment July 18, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson The Ohio city of East Cleveland must pay a $30 million jury verdict awarded to a man who police wrongly...
Lawsuit Against West Virginia Troopers Settled in Death of Maryland Man July 12, 2024 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A judge approved a $1 million settlement Tuesday in a wrongful death lawsuit that accused West...
Delaware Judge Allows Suit Over Police Fatal Shooting of Mentally Ill Woman July 8, 2024 By Randall Chase A Delaware judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit involving the death of a mentally ill woman who was...
New York County to Pay $1.75 Million to Family of Man Killed by Police in 2011 June 25, 2024 A New York county has reached a $1.75 million settlement with the family of a man shot and killed by...
Louisiana Law That Limits Filming of Police Violates First Amendment, Attorneys Say June 3, 2024 By Sudhin Thanawala A new Louisiana law that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet (7.6 meters) of a police officer...
Family of Black Teen Wrongly Executed in 1931 Seeks Damages May 24, 2024 By Maryclaire Dale The family of the youngest person ever executed in the state of Pennsylvania — a Black 16-year-old sent to the...