Congress gave Americans the right to sue government officials for civil-rights violations in 1871. Qualified immunity was ...

Decisions well before this shooting put it beyond debate that use of deadly force in these circumstances, where the suspect ...

When officers commit misconduct during off-duty jobs, some judges are granting them immunity historically reserved for ...

The child, and her 12-year-old brother, were left under the supervision of a neighbor by the mother, who left town for six days for a foreign job interview. From McMurry v. Weaver, decided Friday by ...

Police reform has been at the forefront of protests the past few weeks, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The qualified immunity doctrine is getting a lot of attention. “Qualified ...

We cannot stand idly by while rogue federal agents...kill our neighbors on the street in cold blood,” said Pressley.

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, ...

The contentious debate over qualified immunity for police officers returned to Beacon Hill as law enforcement leaders forcefully pushed back against a bill that would ease the path for civil rights ...

A former Huntsville police officer convicted in a deadly 2018 on-duty shooting is appealing a judge's decision denying him ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) – Ohio voters may end up settling the question of whether police officers and other government officials should continue to be protected from civil liability by the legal doctrine ...