Earlier this summer, in a unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court affirmed a critical pillar of police accountability. In Barnes v. Felix, the Court ruled that when a victim of police violence sues an ...

The Fourth Amendment protects us from being stopped, searched, or detained by police without good reason. But over the years, courts have dramatically weakened those protections when it comes to cars ...

The San Francisco Police Department will continue its policy limiting traffic stops for minor infractions, after a judge dismissed a lawsuit this week brought by the police union trying to undo it.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A review of Cleveland police’s traffic stops last year found no evidence of racial bias, according to a study commissioned by the city. The analysis, conducted by researchers at ...

In March, police in Phoenix stopped a man for a minor traffic violation. He now faces deportation as a result of the stop, the head of an advocacy organization told the Phoenix New Times. Phoenix’s ...