The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied qualified immunity to two Oakland police officers accused of provoking a deadly ...

A federal judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit that accused police of violating constitutional protections when they fatally ...

With the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's death approaching, Congress has yet to pass legislation to reform or abolish ...

Civil rights attorneys in California warn that five years after George Floyd's murder, systemic police abuses persist and the ...

The Supreme Court has held that objectively reasonable actions do not violate the U.S. Constitution. Qualified immunity is ...

The death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in May 2020 gave momentum to a cross-ideological effort to reform ...

A federal appeals court ruled two OPD officers cannot claim “qualified immunity” in a lawsuit over the 2022 “ghost chase” ...

Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan filed a motion May 14 to dismiss her charges, citing judicial immunity. Here's what to know about this legal doctrine.

Lolomania “Lolo” Soakai, 28, of Hayward, was killed when a fleeing suspect crashed into him on International Boulevard in ...

Supporters of the amendment to end qualified immunity for police and other government workers kicked off their campaign to ...

The appellate panel rejected Oakland police officers' argument that they couldn't be held liable for violating bystanders' ...