Category: Police Misconduct

The law grants immense power to police officers. Under certain circumstances, they have the authority to detain you, to arrest you, and to search your person, your home, your car, and your belongings. In some situations, they even have the right to use deadly force against…

Pennsylvania law permits police officers to use force against citizens while acting in the line of duty. While making an arrest, for instance, an officer “is justified in the use of any force which he believes to be necessary to effect the arrest and of any force…

If law enforcement officers had the power to arrest anyone whenever they wished for any reason—or no reason at all—we would live in a totalitarian state without the rule of law. To avoid this situation and to preserve democracy, the Constitution of the United States as…

Every person in the United States has basic rights. When these rights are violated, victims often turn to the court system to recover. Title 42, Section 1983 of the United States Code specifically provides avenues of relief for people whose rights have been violated by “state actors,” such…