How the Supreme Court decides the civil rights issue could affect how readily judges dismiss suits against police for improper use of deadly force.

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case on Wednesday that could make it easier to hold police officers accountable for use of deadly force.

The excessive force suit from the family of Ashtian Barnes is one of many to make its way to the high court at a time when ...

The Supreme Court seems inclined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas police officer who shot a man to death during a traffic stop in Houston over unpaid tolls.

Justices appeared to be open to writing a narrow decision that could reopen the lawsuit over Ashtian Barnes’ death, but at least one member of the court, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, openly ...

The justices heard arguments over whether courts must limit their scrutiny of challenges to police shootings to “the moment of threat.” ...

Supreme Court justices appeared likely to allow an excessive force claim brought against a police officer over the shooting of a Black man following a routine traffic stop in Houston to move forward.

The justices suggested a lower court used the wrong test in deciding a Texas officer did not use unconstitutionally excessive force in fatally shooting an unarmed Black man during a 2016 traffic stop.

HOUSTON — It took just seconds for a routine traffic stop on a Texas highway to escalate into a fatal shooting that left 24-year-old Ashtian Barnes bleeding to death in the driver’s seat.

(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court appeared inclined on Wednesday to revive a Texas woman's civil rights lawsuit against the Houston police officer who fatally shot her son during a traffic stop in a ...

Barnes v. Felix is a Texas case that began when Ashtian Barnes was pulled over by police in 2016 for outstanding toll violations.

WASHINGTON − Ashtian Barnes was headed down a Texas toll road to pick up his girlfriend’s daughter from day care when a traffic enforcement officer stopped him – because his girlfriend’s ...