Qualified immunity is meant to protect “all but the plainly incompetent or those who knowingly violate the law”
Officer Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity for Shooting into Car
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Category: Legal/Case Law
Parking Violation Legitimate Basis for Stop and Frisk
The suspect claimed the officer did not have reasonable suspicion for the traffic stop
No-Knock Door Opening with Passed Out Driver
This logic may well be followed by other courts applying Jones’ trespass analysis to an array of Fourth Amendment questions
There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch, but What About Free Speech for Officers?
Courts apply the Pickering test to determine whether a government employer infringed on an officer’s First Amendment free expression rights
Interference with Man Recording Police Rewarded with Lawsuit
Several federal circuit courts of appeal have upheld the right to record police carrying out their official duties in public
Flying the Finger Leads to a Traffic Stop, Then a Lawsuit
It is well-established law that a person can lawfully flip the bird at an officer
Suppression Follows Weak Affidavits
Cell phone searches require careful attention to specify probable cause for each type of information stored on the phone
Child Pornography Landed Lawfully in Police Hands
That he intended to help law enforcement was laudable, but it didn’t transform him into a government agent
Inventory Policy Violation Leads to Suppression of Gun
The gun wasn’t immediately evident as contraband
Opening Car Door Invalidates Stop and Leads to Suppression
Would the officer have discovered the evidence in the ordinary course of the traffic stop?
Driver Held to a Higher Level of Accountability for Constructive Possession of Hidden Gun
A person with constructive possession of a firearm must have knowledge of it and the ability to control it
Cell Phone Search by Probation Officer Ruled Invalid
No matter how hyper-technical the distinction may appear, it was significant to the court