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Law enforcement officers cannot be threatened, harassed, or promised rewards to induce the answering of any question. Law enforcement officers are entitled to a hearing, with notification in advance of the date, access to transcripts, and other relevant documents and evidence generated by the hearing and to representation by counsel or another ...
Pape, 365 U.S. 167 (1961), was a United States Supreme Court case that considered the application of federal civil rights law to constitutional violations by city employees. The case was significant because it held that 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , a statutory provision from 1871, could be used to sue state officers who violated a plaintiff's ...
Ray v. Blair, 343 U.S. 214 (1952), is a major decision of the Supreme Court of the United States.It was a case on state political parties' requiring of presidential electors to pledge to vote for the party's nominees before being certified as electors.
Galanakis' lawsuit accused the officers of state and federal constitutional violations and false arrest and, against the city, negligent training and supervision of Winters and another officer who ...
One NYPD cop was part of a foot chase that left a 17-year-old boy paralyzed and cost the city $12 million but remains on the job. A second, known as “Bullethead,” has been sued 48 times ...
Maryland lawmakers gave final passage Wednesday to a measure to pay $577 million over 10 years to settle a federal... View Article The post Maryland lawmakers approve $577M to settle HBCU lawsuit ...
Officers said Ellis was attempting to burglarize a police office. [73] Konczel is not indicted. July 10, 2015 - Both parties to U.S. v. City of Portland reach a mediated settlement to the appeal by City, agreeing to relax a requirement City provide evidence in annual hearings before a Federal judge. [74] [75]
On November 3, 2015, Jeremy Mardis, a six-year-old boy, was killed by police in Marksville, Louisiana, in a shooting that also wounded his father, Chris Few. Two Marksville law enforcement officers, Derrick Stafford and Norris Greenhouse Jr., were arrested on charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder as a result of the incident.