Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The movement to increase accountability for police officers who use excessive force may have seen its most significant setback yet ...

"We never thought there was a serious argument that qualified immunity applies here, and we're very glad the court agreed with us," the ACLU's Dan Barrett said. "We're very pleased that we already ...

It is difficult to sue police and other public employees in Ohio for rights violations because they enjoy a special legal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo: Getty Images) "We cannot stand idly by while rogue federal agents—emboldened by the Trump White House—ravage our ...

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THE ISSUE UNDER THE LEGAL MICROSCOPE, THERE’S A NEW FOCUS ON THE DOCTRINE OF QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. >> A FEDERAL JUDGE IN JACKSON RECENTLY QUESTIONED WHETHER THE PRINCIPLE IS CONSTITUTIONAL THAT HAS BEEN ...

It’s been more than five years since the death of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer and more than four years since Massachusetts passed a police reform law spurred by that ...

A federal judge says two Osceola County deputies do not have qualified immunity in a deadly shooting from 2022 outside a Target store. Judge Gregory Presnell explained in 60-page order that a series ...

The Second Department’s April 30, 2025 decision in Ortega v. New York City Transit Authority, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 02596 (2d Dept. April 30, 2025), quietly rewired New York discovery whenever a ...

When people argue about police accountability, one term keeps getting mixed up on purpose: qualified immunity. We are told that if qualified immunity is limited or ended, police officers will be ...