[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Rudley v. Bryant, 2019 (8th Cir. 2019) Dedra Rudley and her minor son, M.D.B., met with the school principal after...
Court rules a car accident doesn’t warrant holding someone at gunpoint
Officer claims slamming someone into a wall was fair because it had been done to him
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"] J. v. Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners, 931 F.3d 672 (8th Cir. 2019) Detectives investigating a murder were...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Torry v. City of Chicago, 2019 (7th Cir. 2019) Officers stopped three black men in a gray Ford sedan to investigate a...
The 8th Circuit ruled the officer’s actions didn’t constitute excessive force
The officer failed to show he was “induced” to steal
This case reminds officers of the need to give short, clear commands
The unconsciousness of a suspected drunk driver now becomes a significant factor in determining whether there are exigent circumstances
United States v. Belakhdhar, 924 F.3d 925 (6th Cir. 2019)
Time and again the Supreme Court has emphasized that probable cause ‘is not a high bar’ to clear.”
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Thurairajah v. City of Fort Smith, 2019 (8th Cir. 2019) A trooper was performing a traffic stop on a van pulled to the...
