Tag: accountability
It’s time for qualified immunity to go
December 15, 2023 | Post
How can qualified immunity continue to be a protective shield for officers who neglect their duties, especially in cases where lives are at stake?
You Have a Constitutional Right to Record Public Officials in Public
October 12, 2016 | Post
The first amendment protects the rights of individuals to record the actions of government officials in public. US Customs and Border Protection disagrees.
Police Brutality: What Is Happening To Our Communities?
January 11, 2016 | Post
Tensions between police and the citizens of Chicago are continuing to rise after CPD Officer Jason Van Dyke was charged in the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald in November. Even calls for the mayor’s resignation have begun echoing across the United States. Now, a top Chicago lawyer has stepped down after being accused of hiding evidence in another fatal […]