If you believe the police are harassing you without a good reason, you could file a complaint with the internal affairs division of your local...

You have several options to find the kind of civil rights attorney you seek. You could contact the Louisiana Bar Association and ask for a...

As a fellow Washington, D.C., resident, I empathize with your concern. The presence of more police or the National Guard gives them no greater...

If you're going to do a "bait car," you definitely need to involve a civil rights attorney before you do it and document everything, preferably...

You are correct that a jail is required to provide you with adequate medical care, which could include access to prescribed medication. Otherwise,...

You are correct that filing a civil rights lawsuit against the police can be expensive … as well as time-consuming. Before you consider a lawsuit,...

In general, courts have broad immunity from liability. However, there are exceptions that might apply in your case, which sounds like a clerical...

First of all, private lawyers don’t throw people jail, the police and prosecutors do it. Second, if the lawyer your adversary mentioned doesn’t...

You’re most likely going to run into a statute of limitations problem. For example, under Title 42, Section 1983, the statute of limitations for...

I can tell you the general rule of law on warrants. The statute of limitations to prosecute misdemeanors is normally one year. If the prosecution...