Tragically, the city of Detroit has become a new “hotspot” for cases of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Michigan has joined New York and Louisiana as being among the hardest-hit states...
When carrying out their duties to protect the public, there are limits to what police officers can do. Claims of police brutality often happen when officers go beyond their authority....
Recent high-profile cases of police shootings of African Americans have raised widespread concerns and questions about the extent of racial disparities in fatal officer-involved shootings. In the past few years,...
It can be frustrating and even scary for someone to face criminal charges for a crime they didn’t commit. To get convinced based on false testimony from police is even...
With support for gay marriage at record high levels in the United States, it would seem like the LGBTQ community has entered the social mainstream and become more widely accepted,...
We’ve seen it on TV so many times. An argument starts between a police officer and a potential suspect, and bystanders with cell phone cameras quickly begin filming everything that...
Americans are endowed with two things: liberty and rights, two words found in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. Our civil liberties protect us from government actions...
Earlier this year, Florida police officer Nouman Raja was tried in court and convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a black motorist, Corey Jones. This conviction was welcomed...
michiganlegalcenter | December 1, 2019 | Civil Rights
Police officers put their lives on the line every day for the safety of the public. But they’re also people who sometimes make mistakes, just like the rest of us....
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....
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...
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...
