The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed 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. The ...

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

(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 ...

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.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hearing arguments in a case that will weigh the standard for how deadly police shootings are evaluated by courts.

A Texas police officer's actions leading to a deadly shooting will likely receive another review in the Fifth Circuit.

He then fired two shots. The shots hit Barnes in the torso, killing him. Barnes’ mother, Janice Hughes, later sued Felix arguing that the shooting was excessive and violated his civil rights.

Lower courts had dismissed the excessive force lawsuit filed against Felix by Barnes' mother, Janice Hughes. The issue before the justices is whether those lower courts used the right standard ...