Federal jury rules that police actions were justified in shooting of city man

A federal jury Thursday decided that Rochester police did not act improperly in the shooting of a city man — a case that earlier challenged the efficacy of ShotSpotter technology. Read More

Woman sues KC police officers in federal court after alleged illegal home search

TeLissah Johnson alleges that officers handcuffed her while she was in her undergarments and pointed their weapons at her. Read More

Lawsuit Filed By Estate Of Man Killed By Officer In 2016 Against Police And City Dropped In Federal Court

A federal court dismissed a lawsuit filed by the estate of Terence Crutcher against former Tulsa Officer Betty Shelby and the City of Tulsa. Crutcher was shot and killed by Shelby in 2016. Read More

Federal lawsuit filed over deadly police shooting of man in Upper St. Clair

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A woman has filed a federal lawsuit over the shooting death of her son by police officers in the South Hills. Her wrongful death suit says she called police to take her son ... Read More

Court News

Three white men convicted of hate crimes for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood in 2020 will have their appeals heard by a federal court in March. Read More

Police ID 2 men killed at QuikTrip in Ferguson

FERGUSON — Police on Wednesday identified the two men who died here early Tuesday after an officer walked out of a QuikTrip and shot at a suspect who was shooting at another man. The shooting ... Read More

People can’t be detained just for trying to avoid police, California Supreme Court says

Police officers cannot detain someone on the street just because that person acts furtively to avoid contact with them, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Read More

Family of man killed when Chicago police fired 96 times during traffic stop file wrongful death suit

FILE - Flanked by family members, attorneys and supporters, Dexter Reed’s mother, Nicole Banks, speaks to reporters outside the headquarters for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability in West ... Read More

Family of man killed by officer files federal lawsuit against Columbus police

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The family of Donovan Lewis filed a federal lawsuit ... Police body camera footage showed Officer Ricky Anderson opening a bedroom door in an apartment and immediately shooting ... Read More

Major US law firm sues Students for Justice in Palestine for alleged support of Hamas 'terrorist activities'

A major U.S. firm brought a case against Students for Justice in Palestine for allegedly being a "propaganda and recruiting wing" of Hamas ... Read More