North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
GRANTS PASS, Oregon (AP) — A lawsuit over the death of a man who was killed by Oregon State Police outside his home in southern Oregon in 2015 has been settled for $1.6 million after a lengthy legal odyssey, the ...
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Read More »Lawsuit: Man was complying with officers when he was shot
CHARLOTTE (AP) — A North Carolina man was complying with police commands when officers killed him in a barrage of gunfire from high-powered rifles, according to a new federal lawsuit filed by his widow. Amy Craven’s lawsuit says the actions ...
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Read More »Statewide database on police use of force won’t be public
RALEIGH (AP) — Incidents in which police officers kill or injure someone in North Carolina are going to be recorded statewide for the first time in a database. But the information will not be made available to the public. WRAL ...
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Read More »Woman shot by police settles suit for $250K
An innocent passenger who was shot by police after a vehicle chase involving a stolen U-Haul truck has settled a lawsuit against the Clay County Sheriff’s Office and its officers for $250,000, the plaintiff’s attorneys report. Stephen Agan and George ...
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Read More »Fired cop can bring ‘fruits of labor’ claim against PD
A police department’s failure to follow its own policies in not giving an officer enough time to prepare for a disciplinary hearing that led to his termination was a violation of the North Carolina Constitution’s guarantee of a fundamental ...
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Read More »Defendant who scuffled with deputies inside courtroom dies
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A defendant in a North Carolina trial who was shot by a police officer after he scuffled with sheriff’s deputies inside a courtroom has died, officials said Friday. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation said ...
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Read More »Lessons learned on the long road to the law
In 24 years with the Raleigh Police Department, Capt. Tim Tomczak has gone from a rank-and-file beat cop to Southwest District commander. On May 7, he earned his law degree and took the next step toward becoming a prosecutor. For as ...
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Read More »High court: More police excessive force suits can go forward
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is siding with a New Mexico woman who was shot by police as she drove away from them, in a case that will allow more excessive force lawsuits against police to go forward. The ...
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Read More »Lawsuit filed over police handcuffing autistic child in 2018
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A lawsuit filed in federal court in North Carolina accuses a former police officer, the city of Statesville and a local board of education of violating an autistic boy’s rights after he was handcuffed at school ...
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Read More »Study: Black drivers twice as likely to be stopped by police
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A state study shows that Black drivers in North Carolina are stopped by police at more than twice the rate of white drivers. The Raleigh News & Observer reported Wednesday that roughly 25 out of 100 ...
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