Updated: May 1, 2023
Can a cop really do that?
To understand police conduct, you must understand their police training and experience. Training is the 13thJuror to understand a particular officer's 'state of mind', you must understand how an 'objectively reasonable' officer's mind is trained.
Public employees are “the members of a community most likely to have informed and definite opinions” about a wide range of matters related, directly or indirectly, to their employment. Courts balance the First Amendment interest of the employee against “the interest of the State, as an employer, in promoting the efficiency of the public services it performs through its employees.”...42 U.S.C. § 1985(2) protects expert witnesses...because individuals working in law enforcement "are often in the best position to know" about the occurrence of official misconduct, "it is essential" that such well-placed individuals "be able to speak out freely" about official misconduct...Kinney v. Weaver, 367 F.3d 337 (5th Cir. 04/15/2004); Swartzwedler v. McNeilly, 297 F.3d 228 (3d Cir. 07/19/2002); Hoover v. Morales, 164 F.3d 221 (5th Cir. 12/31/1998); SHELTON POLICEUNION, INC. v. VOCCOLA, 125 F.Supp.2d 604 (D. Conn. 01/02/2001)
US Supreme Court Decision on 2nd Amendment Right to Carry a Firearm 
CopLaw Update - Deadly Force
Connecticut Gun Violence Prevention Act
Kachalsky v Westchester Self-Defense is NOT Proper Cause to Carry a Firearm
Connecticut v LaFleur Fists are Not Dangerous Instruments
Massachusetts v Bolduc - Trigger Lock Unconstitutional
CopLaw Update - Gun Draw Justification
Connecticut v Burroughs Constitutional Standards Defined for Seizure
Blake v City of New York - Deadly Force Standard
Heller Gun Possession Constitutional
Coplaw Update - Bingue v Prunchak Pursuit Standard - Intent to Harm
Coplaw Update - Price v Sery Deadly Force Decision Training
Coplaw Update - Beaver v Federal Way - Multiple use of Taser as Excessive Force
Coplaw Update - Connecticut v. Jenkins Unlawful MV Stop Search & Seizure
Coplaw Update - Deaths in Custody
Coplaw Update - Connecticut V Smith Reasonable Officer Threat Assessment
Coplaw Update - Deadly Force
Coplaw Update - Scott V Harris Pursuit Standard
Coplaw Update - Probable Cause
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