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Within the past decade, more than $1.5 billion has been spent to settle claims of police misconduct involving thousands of officers repeatedly accused of wrongdoing, according to a recent investigation.
https://wapo.st/3yn41qh
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a plaintiff can pursue his Fourth Amendment lawsuit against police officers for malicious prosecution as long as his prosecution ended without a conviction.
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The federal Fair Housing Act barred housing discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, s*x (gender), familial status, and disability. This applies to all areas of housing, including renting, buying a home, and getting a mortgage.
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A federal appeals court has refused to toss a lawsuit by a St. Louis man who claims that police violated his constitutional rights during a protest when they boxed him and other innocent bystanders into an intersection and made mass arrests.
https://bit.ly/3uAu7nG
The Fifth Circuit reversed a lower judge and said a Dallas police officer must face a civil rights suit by the estate of a restrained suspect who died after the officer knelt on his back for 15 minutes.
https://bit.ly/3eEq7ZW
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a Minneapolis police officer was not entitled to qualified immunity in a lawsuit alleging that his shooting of two service dogs violated the constitutional rights of their owners.
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Housing discrimination is illegal, and there has been anti-discrimination legislation on the books for over 50 years. Yet the practice persists today.
https://bit.ly/3kvUFhH
There are some measures officials can use to limit protests, and it's easy to accidentally tiptoe into legally murky territory if you don't know the specifics.
https://cnn.it/3cw6D6D
People with disabilities are asking the federal government to stop what they say are policies by states and hospitals that will ration care — and deny them treatment for the coronavirus.
https://n.pr/2Jd1NyO