The court will hear arguments this week over the “moment of the threat doctrine,” which addresses how much time can be taken into consideration when police kill people. HOUSTON — It took just seconds ...

Lower courts had been divided over whether judges must limit their scrutiny of challenges to police shootings to the seconds preceding them. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington The Supreme Court ...

The justices hold that a police officer's alleged use of excessive force must be determined based on the "totality of the circumstances" leading up to the violent confrontation. A unanimous U.S.

The justices heard arguments over whether courts must limit their scrutiny of challenges to police shootings to “the moment of threat.” By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington The Supreme Court ...

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday seemed in favor of reviving a civil lawsuit targeting a Harris County constable’s deputy accused in the 2016 shooting death of Ashtian Barnes. The move could ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — A deadly traffic stop in Texas needs a second look, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday, rejecting a two-second rule that restricts excessive force reviews focused on the moment an ...