Rios is director of the U.S.-Mexico Border Program, American Friends Service Committee. He lives in Chula Vista. In a landmark hearing in November in front of seven members of an international human ...

A 1980s case of a man desperately seeking orange juice to stave off a diabetic coma saved Atlanta police Officer Garrett Rolfe from murder charges. On Tuesday, Rolfe and fellow Officer Devin Brosnan ...

(The Center Square) – While Democrats say the proposal could level the playing field, their conservative counterparts argue it would allow homeless people to undermine local law. State legislators ...

(The Center Square) – Despite pleas from across the state, lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that could allow homeless individuals to sue over the “objective reasonableness” of local camping bans.

This, Police Chief William McManus told the Editorial Board recently, is why many residents cringe after a police shooting of unarmed suspects. A shooting might involve objective reasonableness — that ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Wednesday was a travel day for Emilie Cameron of the Downtown Spokane Partnership. From the Lilac City's core to the state capital. "I'm here specifically today to be able to testify ...

In 1989 the Supreme Court provided law enforcement with a holding in Graham v Connor (Graham), that changed the manner in which courts evaluated use of force claims, changing from a subjective due ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. In response to calls for police reform ...