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 ...

The Evanston City Council agreed to settle a 2023 lawsuit brought by a man who accused police department officers of using excessive force. After the case worked its way through federal courts for 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 ...

A lawsuit has been filed against the Burlington Police Department, alleging that a police officer used excessive force and made an illegal arrest, bringing a man to the ground and breaking his wrist.

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Thursday in favor of expanding the review process for police officers accused of using excessive force to include the circumstances that led up to the incident, ...

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating more than 80 complaints of officer misconduct during last month’s protests, with more than half of the cases involving claims of excessive force. The ...

May 15 (UPI) --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 traffic stop to ...

A federal judge has determined an excessive-force claim by a teenager against several Warren police officers during an arrest can continue while the rest of the case was dismissed. U.S. District Judge ...

In April, the Desert Hot Springs City Council removed a citizen public safety commissioner who had wanted to review an excessive force allegation. The city manager said such review is not the job of ...