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4 Min Read (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped a chance to review the scope of a legal defense called qualified immunity that increasingly has been used to shield police accused of excessive force, turning away an appeal by a Cleveland man who sued after being roughed up by police while trying to enter his own home. FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the front doors of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S. November 4, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/ The justices declined to hear the appeal by Shase Howse, who said he was slammed to the ground outside the house ...

Former U.S. Attorney for Utah Brett Tolman argues with Biden placing Merrick Garland as attorney general, saying it allows Democrats an opportunity to have someone far-left be chosen to SCOTUS. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped a chance to review the scope of a legal defense called qualified immunity that increasingly has been used to shield police accused of excessive force, turning away an appeal by a Cleveland man who sued after being roughed up by police while trying to enter his own home. The justices declined to hear the appeal by Shase Howse, who said he was slammed to the ...

By Andrea Januta, Andrew Chung, Jaimi Dowdell and Lawrence Hurley (Reuters) - Luke Stewart was sleeping in his car in Euclid, Ohio, when police came upon him. Moments later, he lay dying from gunshot wounds to his chest and neck. Clayton Dobbins looked suspicious to the Irving, Texas, officer who saw him riding his bike in his own neighborhood. He was chased down, shocked with a Taser and jailed. Shase Howse raised cops' suspicions by fumbling for his keys while standing on his front porch in Cleveland. He was slammed to the ground, handcuffed and jailed. None of these three men were brea...