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Balancing Safety and Civil Rights: Understanding the Legal Implications of K9 Units

In today’s increasingly security-conscious society, the use of police dogs (K9s) has become a common sight in public spaces such as airports, stadiums, and shopping …

Celebrating Juneteenth: Understanding Its Significance and Your Rights

The Origin Story of Juneteenth Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19th, marks a pivotal moment in American history. The holiday commemorates the day in 1865 when …

Ryan Gainer

Ryan Gainer, 15, rear right, is pictured with his family. Ryan was fatally shot by deputies responding to his Apple Valley home on Saturday. (Courtesy …

Banko Brown

CLICK HERE FOR PRESS RELEASE CLICK HERE FOR COMPLAINT Download Raw Video Files Here: https://tinyurl.com/2onuexsr Slow Motion Video: https://tinyurl.com/yj27xxw8 Above Photos Courtesy of Burris, …

Angelo Quinto

Video of incident on youtube: Click Here for Press Release 2024 Courtesy of Burris, Nisenbaum, Curry & Lacy Law Courtesy of Burris, Nisenbaum, Curry & …

Civil Rights vs Civil Liberties: What is the Difference?

Civil Rights vs. Civil Liberties: What is the Difference? In the United States of America, we have certain civil rights and civil liberties. It’s …

Jonathan Strickland

What: Press conference announcing the filing of a federal lawsuit on behalf of Jonathan Strickland for civil rights violations and injuries suffered in a March 11, 2021 …

Who Investigates Police Misconduct?

The day we no longer need onlookers to videotape police misconduct has come because their own body cameras are doing it for us. Once …

What Constitutes an Illegal Search and Seizure

What Constitutes an Illegal Search and Seizure? The police knock on your door at 5 am. You refuse to let them in. They kick down …

Case Results

Reginald Oliver v. City of Oakland

Oakland Police keep fabricating evidence and lying about minorities to arrest and prosecute them for supposed “gang” crimes, in violation of a settlement that prohibits …

Named plaintiff Reginald Oliver claims the Oakland PD continues violating the Constitution, in defiance of the settlement in Delphine Allen e al. v. City of Oakland, USDC No. C-00-4599 TEH, also known as "The Riders" litigation. Read Full Course

Jane Smith v. City of Oakland

Racial profiling of Asian women by police officer resulting in a class action complaint for damages, declaratory and injunctive relief

Finding evidence about defendant's post-conviction parole violation unfairly prejudicial "since the jury could have construed that parole violation as character evidence in violation of Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b)" Read Full Course

Rodney King v. City of Los Angeles

Rodney King has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to have Judge John G. Davies disqualified from presiding at the trial of …

Rodney King waited too long to file a malpractice suit against the first of 27 lawyers who represented him in connection with the infamous beating he suffered from Los Angeles police in 1991, this district’s Court of Appeal ruled yesterday. The ruling by Div. Two affirmed Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ann Kough’s grant of summary judgment to Steven Lerman. King earlier this year dismissed his appeal of Kough’s ruling in favor of two other lawyers sued in the case, Federico Sayre and John Burris. Read Full Course

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