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02/04/2022

Shopping while black isn't a crime. Why did it take several hours for The Gap and local police to figure that out? http://wienerlegal.com/police-misconduct-attorney/

Derry Township police officers accused them of stealing a onesie from Old Navy worth $6, but nothing stolen was found on them, according to the lawsuit.

01/20/2021

Closing the door on bad policing. http://wienerlegal.com/police-misconduct-attorney/

Greeley City Council on Tuesday approved a $200,000 settlement for a resident of the city who said her Fourth Amendment rights were violated and her hand and wrist injured after a 2019 arrest that …

01/18/2021

12/23/2020

Rocky times for Colorado's bad cops and qualified immunity.

Individual officers can’t claim ‘qualified immunity’ in excessive force cases, but may not end up paying damages out of their own pockets.

12/20/2020

An excessive force victim's big money settlement in his civil rights case shows where we are in the police reform movement and where we need to be.

The sheer frequency of police violence against civilians is evidence that policing in this country is fundamentally broken. | OPINION

08/21/2020

The more you know.

In case anyone you know needs to brush up on the Constitution.

06/07/2020

2020 Vision: Will this be the year USA finally sees its way to a better way?

05/31/2020

NPAP is an organization for lawyers fighting to win justice for victims of police brutality. Here's their press release about George Floyd. If you or someone you know has been a victim of bad cops, contact http://www.wienerlegal.com/civil-rights-attorney.php

The National Police Accountability Project (NPAP) demands justice for George Floyd. It is an abomination that Black men and women should be heard to cry out, “I can’t breathe,” as the life is choked out of them by police officers. NPAP president Michael Avery stated, “It has been common know...

05/31/2020

Time to stop the spread of bad cops. Here's the biggest step our top court can take right now. http://www.wienerlegal.com/civil-rights-attorney.php

The courts protected police abuses for years before George Floyd’s death. It’s time to rethink “qualified immunity.”

05/14/2020

Qualified immunity has been an unqualified failure. Maybe the Supreme Court will finally get rid of it.

Qualified immunity shields state officials from liability, even when they violate people’s constitutional rights.

01/27/2019

Get it write. http://wienerlegal.com/police-misconduct-attorney/

Researchers tested Philly court reporters on how they handle African American English. Forty percent of their transcriptions were inaccurate.

01/25/2019

See something, say something. Let's hope more than just the New Orleans police give this a try. http://wienerlegal.com/police-misconduct-attorney/

The "Ethical Policing Is Courageous" program has reduced officer misbehavior and citizen complaints, other cities are adopting it and the former New Orleans chief is taking it with him as he moves to head the Baltimore police.