Minneapolis entered January with unusually mild weather and a sense of calm, but that was shattered two days later when a ...

A recent DHS post sparked questions about what kind of immunity ICE officers really have. We asked a Texas law expert it in ...

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is for now declining to get involved in an ongoing debate by citizens and in Congress over policing, rejecting cases Monday that would have allowed the justices to ...

Decisions well before this shooting put it beyond debate that use of deadly force in these circumstances, where the suspect ...

Congress gave Americans the right to sue government officials for civil-rights violations in 1871. Qualified immunity was ...

A court held three OKCPD officers were not entitled to qualified immunity for their alleged use of excessive force against ...

The contentious debate over qualified immunity for police officers returned to Beacon Hill as law enforcement leaders forcefully pushed back against a bill that would ease the path for civil rights ...

Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) are planning to introduce a bill that would strip federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers of their qualified immunity ...

The national debate over qualified immunity—the legal doctrine that can make it difficult to sue government officials for constitutional violations—has largely focused on police misconduct. But it ...

Congressman Shri Thanedar represents Detroit and several Downriver communities. He says he will now introduce the Abolish ICE Act, days after an ICE agent shot a woman during a U.S. Immigration and ...

When officers commit misconduct during off-duty jobs, some judges are granting them immunity historically reserved for on-duty incidents HOUSTON — Shanita Terrell believes someone spiked her drink the ...