REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT on Police Immunity: For Cops Who Kill, Special Supreme Court Protection May 12, 2020 By Lawrence Hurley, Andrew Chung, Guillermo Gomez, Andrea Januta and Jackie Botts MADILL, Oklahoma — Sick with pneumonia, agitated and confused, Johnny Leija refused to return to his hospital room. Moments later,...
REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT: When Cops Kill, Redress Is Rare, Except in Famous Cases May 11, 2020 By Lawrence Hurley and Andrea Januta The 2014 shooting death of black teen Michael Brown by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, prompted angry protests...
REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT: A United Front Takes Aim at Police Immunity From Lawsuits May 11, 2020 By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung The diverse opponents of qualified immunity have thrown their weight behind at least five appeals now awaiting the Supreme Court’s...