Prosecutors in Arizona have dropped all charges against a deaf Black man with cerebral palsy who was beaten by Phoenix police in August after he didn’t respond to their orders, authorities announced Thursday. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell dismissed criminal charges against 34-year-old Tyron McAlpin after community outrage, including from the local NAACP. "I promised...
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) announced a bill cracking down on foreign governments that take American citizens hostage or otherwise wrongfully detain them. Lawler unveiled the State Sponsor of Wrongful or Unlawful Detention Act, in a release on his website on Wednesday. The proposed legislation would establish a designation of state sponsor of wrongful or...
The judge in former President Donald Trump's election interference case ordered additional documents about his claim of immunity to be made public before the November elections.
2017—A divided panel of the Fourth Circuit rules (in American Humanist Ass’n v. Maryland-National Capital Park Comm’n) that Maryland officials violated the Establishment Clause...