RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A massive police raid on a drug gang embedded in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro that left at least 119 people dead drew protests for excessive force Wednesday and ...

In a case making it easier to challenge police unreasonable force in court, the Supreme Court Thursday unanimously permitted the mother of a Houston man killed in a 2016 traffic stop to continue an ...

It rained heavily the night before the retaking of New York's Attica Correctional Facility. A guard, William Quinn, had been killed. Negotiations had ended. The men on the D yard waited for the ...

The Supreme Court released its first opinion of the 2024 term on Nov. 22. (Kelsey Reichmann/Courthouse News) WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court appeared to easily resolve an excessive force question ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Two Memphis police officers were disciplined for excessive force after an internal investigation. FOX13 broke the news of the allegations Thursday night, and MPD confirmed Friday two ...

Most of the complaints are handwritten in ballpoint pen and sent from prisons to federal courts through the U.S. mail. The particulars about the incidents vary, but fear of correctional officers is a ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — About a half-hour into deliberations, eight jurors in a lawsuit alleging a Syracuse police officer used too much force in a fatal shooting had a question. Did their verdict have to be ...

PELHAM, Ga. (WALB) - A Pelham family is accusing local police of using excessive force after a confrontation left a 22-year-old man hospitalized. Body camera footage shows the moments leading up to ...

A Harrisburg man who is suing a Dauphin County police department for excessive use of force says $250,000 would settle the matter. But the Penbrook Borough attorney, in a letter to U.S. District Judge ...

An excessive force lawsuit against a former San Jose cop disgraced by a racist texting scandal is set to resume, after a federal court ruling last week affirmed the ex-officer is not shielded from ...

MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO THAT SENT A MAN TO THE HOSPITAL IS THE SUBJECT OF AN EXCESSIVE FORCE FEDERAL LAWSUIT. THE OFFICERS ARE FACING ACCUSATIONS OF A FALSE ARREST THAT LED TO THE MAN’S INJURIES. AS ...