The Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy must face a civil jury trial over whether he used excessive force in shooting a 13-year-old boy as he walked
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Ferguson Arrestee’s Police Brutality Case Reinstated
Ferguson, Missouri protester, following the police shooting of Michael Brown in 2014, have won reinstatement of his police brutality suit Tuesday asserting that officers “took

Deputy Immune in Shooting of Mentally Ill Man
A San Diego sheriff’s deputy is immune from civil liability for alleged excessive force in which a mentally ill man was shot and killed in

Excessive Force Case Reinstated, New Judge
A federal appeals court has reinstated the excessive force claims of a Nevada state prison inmate over what he says was a 2009 beating by

Arizona Police Excessive Force Case Reinstated
A previously dismissed excessive force lawsuit against a University of Arizona police officer was reinstated Monday by a federal appeals court. Amy Hughes will have

‘Bite and Hold’ Excessive Force?
Just what counts as excessive force by a police dog will be resolved by an 11-judge appeals panel in the case of a San Diego