Lower courts had been divided over whether judges must limit their scrutiny of challenges to police shootings to the seconds ...

In a case making it easier to challenge police unreasonable force in court, the Supreme Court Thursday unanimously allowed ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a lawsuit filed by the mother of a Texas man who was shot and killed during a traffic ...

The high court unanimously ruled that judges must consider the full context surrounding an incident, rejecting a so-called ...

The Supreme Court has allowed the family of an unarmed 24-year-old man who was killed after being pulled over for suspected ...

In rejecting the “moment of threat” defense, the court opens the door to greater officer accountability — though how the ...

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 ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier to bring unreasonable force claims against police, ruling unanimously that ...

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a rare unanimous ruling in Barnes versus Felix. Barnes versus Felix concerned the use of ...

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Thursday in favor of expanding the review process for police officers accused of using ...

The issue before the justices was whether courts can look beyond the moments an officer is using deadly force to determine if ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the family of ... Elena Kagan wrote the opinion for a unanimous court.The excessive force suit from the family of Ashtian Barnes is one of many to make ...