The Supreme Court has rejected the "moment-of-threat" rule, which shielded officers from civil liability in police shooting ...

Supreme Court orders new review in civil rights case over 2016 police killing of Ashtian Barnes during a traffic stop […] ...

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

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

An excessive force lawsuit filed by the mother of a Black man killed by police during a traffic stop in Houston can move ...

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

The Supreme Court ruled police use-of-force claims must consider full context, not just the moment shots are fired.

The broader standard is likely to make it easier for victims to prove allegations of excessive force in court.

The US Supreme Court ruled for the mother of a Black man who was shot and killed by police, reviving her lawsuit that seeks ...

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

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

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