The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the family of an unarmed 24-year-old man who was killed after being pulled over for ...

The Supreme Court ruled police use-of-force claims must consider full context, not just the moment shots are fired.

The Supreme Court has revived a civil rights lawsuit against a Texas police officer who fatally shot a man during a traffic ...

Lower courts had been divided over whether judges must limit their scrutiny of challenges to police shootings to the seconds ...

The U.S. Supreme Court revived on Thursday a Texas woman's civil rights lawsuit against a Houston police officer who fatally ...

The broader standard is likely to make it easier for victims to prove allegations of excessive force in court.

The issue before the justices was whether courts can look beyond the moments an officer is using deadly force to determine if he acted reasonably.

The US Supreme Court ruled for the mother of a Black man who was shot and killed by police, reviving her lawsuit that seeks ...

In a case making it easier to challenge police unreasonable force in court, the Supreme Court Thursday unanimously allowed ...

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a rare unanimous ruling in Barnes versus Felix. Barnes versus Felix concerned the use of ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has revived a lawsuit by Janice Hughes against Houston police officer Roberto Felix Jr. for the fatal ...

The unanimous ruling written by Justice Elena Kagan found that courts must "consider all the relevant circumstances" in police excessive force claims.