Civil Rights News
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11 bikers sue over arrests after 2015 Texas bar shootout
Eleven bikers have filed a lawsuit in federal court, alleging their civil rights were violated when they were arrested after the 2015 shootout at a Central Texas restaurant
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AP Explains: The doctrine sure to emerge in Gorsuch hearings
AP Explains: Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has questioned whether judges should defer to the views of experts at federal agencies
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Officer's lawyers want to limit what prosecutors say to jury
Attorneys are seeking to limit what prosecutors can tell jurors in the federal civil rights trial of a white ex-South Carolina police officer accused of repeatedly firing into the back of a black motorist, killing him
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After stellar 50-year career, ex-LA County sheriff convicted
A federal investigation that targeted violent Los Angeles jail guards took down the longtime former leader of the nation's largest sheriff's department
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Ex-LA County sheriff convicted of impeding FBI's jail probe
Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca was convicted Wednesday of obstructing an FBI investigation into corrupt guards who took bribes to smuggle contraband into the jails he ran and savagely beat inmates
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Arizona lawsuit: 2 cops made woman take DUI test half-naked
A woman has filed a lawsuit against the Phoenix suburb of Avondale and two of its police officers, claiming they made her take a sobriety test along a road while she was naked from the waist down
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Prosecutor says Louisville police fatal shooting justified
A prosecutor says Louisville police officers who fatally shot a man wielding a saw were justified in using deadly force
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Deal awards $100K over officer's 'deviant' photos of women
A settlement has awarded $100,000 to plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit that accused a Louisiana police officer of forcing two women to expose their breasts so he could photograph them during a roadside encounter
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The Note: Trump’s 2005 tax return leaves a lot to be desired
TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS with ABC’s RICK KLEIN and VERONICA STRACQUALURSI Day No. 55 THE BIG STORY: If this slice of an old tax return wasn’t leaked by someone in the close Trump orbit, it may as well have been, or someone wishes they had the idea, at least. What exactly do we know about President

