Tag: Municipal courts
Judge nixes New York City’s ‘vague’ ban on police restraints
NEW YORK — A judge Tuesday struck down a New York City law that had prohibited the city's police officers from putting pressure on...
Judge orders mediation in transgender rant beer toss case
GALLOWAY, N.J. — A New Jersey judge is turning to community mediation to try to resolve the case of a middle school vice principal...
Dueling harassment claims in transphobic rant, beer toss
GALLOWAY, N.J. — A New Jersey vice principal who threw beer at a group of people who were filming his wife's rant against a...
Lawsuit: Detainees put in Mace-filled cells, denied water
A federal lawsuit filed Monday accuses St. Louis correctional officers of putting jail detainees in a room and spraying so much Mace that they...
Judge: City didn’t target dead lawyer in Mississippi scandal
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming a Mississippi city was at fault in the death of a lawyer who killed himself in...
Filing: Ex-Boston mayor knew of abuse claims against top cop
BOSTON — Former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was aware of decades-old domestic violence allegations against the city's now embattled top cop before picking him...
Filing: Ex-Boston mayor knew of abuse claims against top cop
<p>BOSTON — Former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was aware of decades-old domestic violence allegations against the city's now embattled top cop before picking him...
Case dismissed in officer’s use of pepper spray amid protest
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia judge has dismissed charges against a former police officer seen on video lowering the mask of at least one protester...
Case dismissed in officer’s use of pepper spray amid protest
<p>PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia judge has dismissed charges against a former police officer seen on video lowering the mask of at least one protester...
Court upholds city’s $30,000 fine for man’s overgrown lawn
DUNEDIN, Fla. — A federal court has upheld a Florida city's decision to issue nearly $30,000 in code violation fines to a homeowner whose...