Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The movement to increase accountability for police officers who use excessive force may have seen its most significant setback yet ...

A Georgia school district said “qualified immunity” meant it couldn’t be sued for refusing to implement changes pursuant to its agreement with the plaintiff.

THE ISSUE UNDER THE LEGAL MICROSCOPE, THERE’S A NEW FOCUS ON THE DOCTRINE OF QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. >> A FEDERAL JUDGE IN JACKSON RECENTLY QUESTIONED WHETHER THE PRINCIPLE IS CONSTITUTIONAL THAT HAS BEEN ...

Ruling on one of the most controversial and closely watched LAPD shootings in recent years, a federal appellate court said Thursday that the legal doctrine of qualified immunity protects officer Toni ...

Officials allegedly retaliated against a professor who expressed politically controversial statements about the best treatments for gender dysphoria among youth. In Josephson v. Ganzel, a unanimous ...

When people argue about police accountability, one term keeps getting mixed up on purpose: qualified immunity. We are told that if qualified immunity is limited or ended, police officers will be ...

A criminal task force comprised of multiple law enforcement officers was serving a search warrant on a person suspected of distributing methamphetamine. He had spent 15 years in prison for murder and ...

A California woman won't be allowed to sue the police officer who allegedly leaked a confidential abuse report to her violent boyfriend after the Supreme Court declined to review her case, ending her ...

Sen. Edward Markey, pictured in 2019, has co-sponsored legislation to end qualified immunity for federal enforcement officers. Credit: Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six days after 37-year-old ...

Following the fatal ICE shootings of Renee Good, Keith Porter, and others, U.S. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley introduced a new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would end qualified ...