During a traffic stop, the balance of power tilts sharply toward the officer, but that power is not unlimited. Courts and ...

The Fourth Amendment protects us from being stopped, searched, or detained by police without good reason. But over the years, courts have dramatically weakened those protections when it comes to cars ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ABC7 I-Team has an update to legal challenges against a Chicago police tactic involving traffic stops-turned-searches. Critics call it "the new stop and frisk" while police ...

In March, police in Phoenix stopped a man for a minor traffic violation. He now faces deportation as a result of the stop, the head of an advocacy organization told the Phoenix New Times. Phoenix’s ...

The partnership with the Hoschton Police Department is the second incident uncovered by the AJC of ICE working closely with ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- As shootings and murders spike one major component of Chicago police crime fighting is way down. The number of street stops by officers has plunged 80 percent this year. For decades ...

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WASHINGTON — D.C.’s police watchdog is raising alarm over what it calls a systemic failure by the Metropolitan Police Department to properly document stop-and-frisk encounters, a lapse that violates ...

Detroit police have shot at least 16 people after stops for nonviolent offenses that escalated with foot chases over the past decade, Free Press reporting found, representing 20% of shootings by ...