Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton doesn't want to end qualified immunity for law enforcement and says Flock ...

Qualified immunity, established by the Supreme Court in 1967, effectively protects state and local officials, including police officers, from personal liability unless they are determined to have ...

Acton told reporters that Ohio officials will work with federal law enforcement to keep Ohioans safe, and that she would not ...

Police reform has been at the forefront of protests the past few weeks, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The qualified immunity doctrine is getting a lot of attention. “Qualified ...

Imagine you're a sheriff's deputy and a detainee arrives, unresponsive and moving slowly after ingesting a large quantity of unknown pills. After a doctor clears him for jail, with a warning that any ...

Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association Legal Director Daniel Leffler said the organization is assured by Acton’s promise to ...

From Zorn v. Linton, decided today in an unsigned per curiam opinion: On the Governor's inauguration day in Vermont, protesters staged a sit-in at the state capitol. When the capitol closed for the ...

A federal appeals court ruled that a Nevada police officer who struck a suspect multiple times with a baton after a pursuit is protected from a lawsuit by qualified immunity. The 9th Circuit said the ...

Six years ago, Richard Hershey was distributing religious leaflets on a public sidewalk in a public park surrounding a public arena in Bossier City, Louisiana, when he was accosted by police officers ...

A judge denied qualified immunity for a detective in a civil lawsuit filed by Glynn Simmons, who was imprisoned 48 years for ...