This article dicusses developments in excessive police force law, focusing on the Supreme Court’s 2025 decision in Barnes v. Felix. The court rejected the strict “moment of threat” approach.

Most Chicago cops accused of serious misconduct have opted to take their disciplinary cases to arbitration as an appellate ...

On Monday, one of the cops responsible for Taylor’s death was sentenced to prison. It wasn’t the “one day” the Justice Department recommended, but it was still far from the maximum sentence.