GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — A federal judge in a federal civil rights wrongful death lawsuit has denied qualified immunity to a current and a former Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) officer ...

"White was far from an 'unthreatening protester,' she was an active participant in an unprecedented riot at the Capitol." The ...

The appellate panel agreed the officers hadn't put the victim in danger during the standoff because she had already been killed.

In 2008, Lee Evans was charged with the disappearance and murder of five boys in 1978 based on an allegedly coerced confession of one man. A jury acquitted Evans of all charges, and he then brought ...

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 ...

Earlier this month, Mississippi federal court judge Carlton Reeves reluctantly held that a white police officer who detained, interrogated, and illegally searched Clarence Jamison, a Black man driving ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LAFAYETTE, IN — Former Tippecanoe County sheriff's Lt. Randy Martin's federal lawsuit may resume against Sheriff Bob Goldsmith, ...

When officers commit misconduct during off-duty jobs, some judges are granting them immunity historically reserved for on-duty incidents HOUSTON — Shanita Terrell believes someone spiked her drink the ...

In his Section 1983 Litigation column, Martin A. Schwartz, a professor at Touro Law Center, analyzes a case where the Supreme Court held that police officers who sought and executed a very broad ...

This editorial by Lucas Grundmeier represents the views of the Register's editorial board. Qualified immunity strikes again. The judge-created doctrine routinely blocks federal juries from hearing ...

After the court’s dismissal of the civil case against Cannon, Terrell appealed. But the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which oversees federal lawsuits in Texas, Louisiana and ...