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There will never be another one like Mills Lane
The preliminary injunction bars officers’ use of tear gas, pepper spray, wooden bullets and other less-lethal options
The decision came shortly after a prosecutor said Andrew Brown Jr. had hit police officers with his car before they opened fire
The lawsuit alleged Pierce County deputies are not safe due to negligent understaffing
The judge decided police did not have enough evidence to hold former officer Bryan Riser
A man accused of killing Sgt. Elaine Williams was released on bond for medical reasons, a judge allowed
A judge denied the officers’ privacy arguments, saying the officers “participated in a very public and publicized event”
Judge Peter Cahill added the charge after Derek Chauvin’s legal team failed to get appellate courts to block it
Judge Peter Cahill said he intends to resume with jury selection Tuesday after it was postponed
Possessing small amounts would have become legal on July 1, but now that won’t happen unless a higher court overturns the ruling
A judge ordered earlier this month that Derek Chauvin would be tried alone
The three other officers charged in Floyd’s death will stand trial together
A federal judge named four cases where officers violated an order that barred police from using force against peaceful protesters, as well as four cases where they complied
Plaintiffs claim the city violated a court order that barred Portland officers from arresting or using force against journalists and legal observers
A St. Paul man was interviewed three times in the last 30 years, admitting to the killing in 2018
A judge-ordered livestream might subject witnesses to intimidation threats and dissuade them from testifying, prosecutors argued
A judge declined a request to move the trial out of Hennepin County after the defense argued the officers wouldn’t get a fair trial there
The former Minneapolis cop is still facing a second-degree murder charge in George Floyd’s death
The grand juror said in a written statement that the grand jury asked questions about bringing other charges against the officers, but were told “prosecutors didn’t feel they could make them stick”
The directive drew criticism from union officials: “A judge should be the only person who decides whether a no-knock is warranted”
The ruling said the commission didn’t meet diversity requirements and violated federal law
Bail for nine of 13 defendants was lowered, in several cases so they will not have to put up any money to be released
Police Chief James Craig said this won’t change anything because his officers have only used force when the protests turned violent
An appeals court interceded Wednesday after the unions appealed a judge’s ruling that had cleared the way for the records’ release
Judge Glenn Devlin asked the youths if they were planning to kill anyone and then let them go
Chicago
A judge has refused to dismiss the case against three Chicago police officers accused of participating in a cover-up surrounding a former officer
The question of whether judges should be armed got renewed attention this week after a judge who was carrying a gun was shot outside his courthouse and fired back
Investigators are considering whether the shooting was an attempted robbery gone wrong
Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Judge Raymond Myles “may have been targeted for one reason or another”
To catch a Philly municipal judge they suspected of corruption, FBI agents invented a defendant — complete with a staged arrest and court appearances
Judge John C. Murphy and assistant public defender Andrew Weinstock got involved in an aggravated exchange of words Monday when the confrontation got physical
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