Over the past few years, there have been a number of cases in which law enforcement officers seem to have gotten off scot-free’ in situations where seemingly innocent people have been physically harmed. One example is the 2004 case of Malaika Brooks. While driving her son to school, the pregnant Brooks was pulled over by…
As a citizen of the United States, you have certain civil rights that you’re privileged to. In many situations, civil rights are violated by law enforcement or other government entities. When this happens, officials might attempt to press retaliatory criminal charges against you. If you have been involved in a situation where your civil rights…
Sometimes you can be confronted with difficult situations that leave you with questions you don’t know how to answer. That’s when a legal professional needs to step in and provide the answers you’re looking for — and the justice you deserve. So it’s important to speak with the best legal counsel you can find when…
Being falsely accused of a crime is a terrible experience to go through. The reliance on facial recognition technology has produced instances where innocent people have been falsely accused of crimes they didn’t commit. This technology has been shown in some cases to have a racial bias because the technology is less accurate when it…
It’s critically important for every motorist to understand how to respond when a police officer pulls you over. From time to time, officers may suspect that a driver is violating a traffic law and pull them over, but the officer is required to state a specific reason for the stop. The threshold for instigating a…
The gun laws in Michigan are more complicated than some might expect. The Wolverine State has laws covering different types of guns, but there are a number of exceptions, and some of those laws contradict one another regarding open carry. The laws continue to evolve in the Michigan Legislature. There are some stated gun-free zones…
There’s often a great deal of confusion regarding when a police officer can ask for identification. In the State of Michigan, there is no Stop and ID law. That means a police officer can’t demand to see your identification unless they have reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed. Being forced to produce identification…
