Court Rejects Immunity For Police Who Held 83-Year-Old Grandmother At Gunpoint

An 83-year-old woman who was held at gunpoint and handcuffed after her car was wrongly reported as stolen can sue the officers responsible, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled earlier this m...

Supreme Court Creates New Immunity For Cops Who Violate The Fifth Amendment

In a decision that undermines almost 60 years of precedent, the U.S. Supreme Court last month declared that police officers who don’t issue Miranda warnings before interrogations can’t be sued for vio...