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Arizona
Oct 2023
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Racial Justice
Fund for Empowerment v. Phoenix, City of
Fund for Empowerment is a challenge to the City of Phoenix鈥檚 practice of conducting sweeps of encampments without notice, issuing citations to unsheltered people for camping and sleeping on public property when they have no place else to go, and confiscating and destroying their property without notice or process.
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32 Reforming Police Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2017
Reforming Police
County of Los Angeles v. Angel Mendez
Whether the Ninth Circuit鈥檚 鈥減rovocation rule鈥� that police officers may be held liable for using force when they provoked a threatening reaction with a Fourth Amendment violation is consistent with the Supreme Court鈥檚 use of force analysis in Graham v. Connor and subsequent cases?
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U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2017
Reforming Police
County of Los Angeles v. Angel Mendez
Whether the Ninth Circuit鈥檚 鈥減rovocation rule鈥� that police officers may be held liable for using force when they provoked a threatening reaction with a Fourth Amendment violation is consistent with the Supreme Court鈥檚 use of force analysis in Graham v. Connor and subsequent cases?
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014
Reforming Police
Criminal Law Reform
Heien v. North Carolina
Whether a traffic stop based on a police officer鈥檚 mistaken understanding of the traffic laws violates the Fourth Amendment.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014
Reforming Police
Criminal Law Reform
Heien v. North Carolina
Whether a traffic stop based on a police officer鈥檚 mistaken understanding of the traffic laws violates the Fourth Amendment.
Court Case
Sep 2013
Reforming Police
John Doe, Jane Doe, and James Doe v. Todd Entrekin
The Etowah County Sheriff鈥檚 Department has subjected a family in Alabama to an ongoing series of unannounced, random, and suspicionless inspections of their home, threatening the family with arrest if they fail to cooperate.
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Court Case
Sep 2013
Reforming Police
John Doe, Jane Doe, and James Doe v. Todd Entrekin
The Etowah County Sheriff鈥檚 Department has subjected a family in Alabama to an ongoing series of unannounced, random, and suspicionless inspections of their home, threatening the family with arrest if they fail to cooperate.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2013
Reforming Police
+2 Issues
Maryland v. King
Whether collecting and analyzing DNA samples from arrestees without a warrant or consent violates the Fourth Amendment.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2013
Reforming Police
+2 Issues
Maryland v. King
Whether collecting and analyzing DNA samples from arrestees without a warrant or consent violates the Fourth Amendment.
Court Case
Mar 2013
Reforming Police
Smart Justice
Morrow v. City of Tenaha, et al.
Beginning in 2006, under the guise of looking for criminal activity, the police in Tenaha, Texas stopped, searched, and often seized property from Blacks and Latinos traveling through town with no suspicion of criminal activity.
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Court Case
Mar 2013
Reforming Police
Smart Justice
Morrow v. City of Tenaha, et al.
Beginning in 2006, under the guise of looking for criminal activity, the police in Tenaha, Texas stopped, searched, and often seized property from Blacks and Latinos traveling through town with no suspicion of criminal activity.