Lower courts had been divided over whether judges must limit their scrutiny of challenges to police shootings to the seconds preceding them. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington The Supreme Court ...

May 15 (UPI) --In a case making it easier to challenge police unreasonable force in court, the Supreme Court Thursday unanimously permitted the mother of a Houston man killed in a traffic stop to ...

The court will hear arguments this week over the “moment of the threat doctrine,” which addresses how much time can be taken into consideration when police kill people. HOUSTON — It took just seconds ...

The justices heard arguments over whether courts must limit their scrutiny of challenges to police shootings to “the moment of threat.” By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington The Supreme Court ...

The justices hold that a police officer's alleged use of excessive force must be determined based on the "totality of the circumstances" leading up to the violent confrontation. A unanimous U.S.