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In an image taken from body camera footage released by the Warrenton Police Department under court order, Dwayne Hicks presents his driver’s license to former officer Mark Oakley during a ...
Judges in Durham have repeatedly approved the release of a variety of police videos to the general public, including after allegations of excessive force against teens and during a traffic stop.
Grice’s fears are well-founded. Since 2014, the police officers in Scott’s school district have been required to get special training before working with children. This requirement came after Legal Aid of North Carolina and other civil rights organizations filed a complaint against the school system with the U.S. Department of Justice. The ...
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As a consequence, Amnesty International Canada and other civil liberties organizations have argued that a moratorium should be placed on Taser use until research can determine a way for them to be safely used. [11] In 2012 Amnesty International documented over 500 deaths that occurred after the use of Tasers. [12]
The case considered whether MacPherson's use of a taser during a routine traffic stop violated Bryan's Fourth Amendment rights. The majority opinion, written by Kim McLane Wardlaw, declared that the use of the taser in this situation could be considered excessive force. Richard Tallman and Consuelo María Callahan wrote the dissent.
Apr. 16—Somerset Borough police officers carry highly visible yellow Tasers to help differentiate the nonlethal electroshock weapons from their black handguns during heat-of-the-moment, possibly ...
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP) is the highway patrol agency for North Carolina which has no per-se "state police" agency. The Patrol has jurisdiction anywhere in the state except for federal or military installations and on the Cherokee Indian Reservation or on Cherokee outlying lands in the western mountains.