Author name: The Civil Rights Lawyer

Someone sent me another interesting video from Tik Tok, this time showing cops making an entry into a home pursuant to a search warrant, guns drawn, due to the alleged high crime of failure to obtain a building permit. You can hear them yell search warrant and then abruptly make entry, which is very close […]

There’s a jury trial in Euclid, Ohio this week where Euclid police officer, Michael Amiott is being prosecuted for a use of force incident following the 2017 traffic stop of Richard Hubbard. Amiott is charged with two counts of assault and one count of interfering with civil rights. Cell phone video showed the officer repeatedly

Just released, body cam footage shows Gastonia, North Carolina police arresting a homeless veteran, suspected of panhandling in a median, and doing “this” to his dog, named Sunshine. This is brand new footage, ordered released by a judge, against the will of Gastonia law enforcement, who fought the release of the footage, supposedly to guarantee

Last week I posted a Tik Tok video showing what appears to be a police SWAT team style entry into a home related to a building inspection in New Port Richey, Florida. The woman who uploaded the video to Tik Tok reached out and shared the rest of the story with me. It only gets

On July 29, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit released a published opinion in the case of Sylvia Gonzalez v. Edward Trevino, Mayor of Castle Hills that now appears to be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. This is an important First Amendment Retaliation case where qualified immunity is the key issue.

It’s a relaxing summer afternoon. You’re visiting family about 15 minutes away from your home. You locked your doors before you left, like you always do. Your three dogs are safely secured inside your house. All of a sudden you get a notification from your Ring doorbell security camera, at your front door. You see

The U.S. DOJ announced in a press release today that police officers involved in the Kentucky shooting death of Breonna Taylor have been charged with federal felony civil rights violations. A federal grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, returned two indictments that were unsealed today, and the Department of Justice filed a third charging document today,

Lawsuit filed today. More at the link: Police Harass Innocent Citizens on Their Porch – Lawsuit Filed Today source

This sort of behavior happens all the time: cops show up to a private residence, they knock on the door. What are your rights in that situation? What rights to the police have to do what they’re doing? Let’s make some things clear. Read more: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2022/08/08/cops-at-your-door-what-they-dont-want-you-to-know/ The WV video from last week: https://youtu.be/LCBd6Mfon-Y source

You’re home asleep in your bed. It’s two in the morning. Suddenly, you hear shouting outside. Three police officers are outside your house, shining lights, shouting at you to exit your home. You’ve done nothing wrong. You’re afraid. You comply with their orders, because they’re the police. There’s three of them, armed with the authority