Officer not liable in mistaken identity shooting
Facts (If you are new to 1983 actions, click here for help) At approximately 5:42 a.m. on November 26, 2019, two officers of the Laredo Police Department responded to a domestic disturbance at a residence in their city. As the officers reached the scene, Cesar Terrazas opened fire on them with an AR-15-style rifle, striking […]
Video shows subject posed serious physical threat to officers
Facts (If you are new to 1983 actions, click here for help) In April 2023, while conducting surveillance, officers with the Houston Police Department observed Dontel Thompson rob a store at gunpoint. Thompson left the store and entered a nearby neighborhood. Officers soon located Thompson and attempted to make contact. Two officers exited a vehicle […]
Frisk was based on reasonable suspicion that subject was armed and dangerous
Facts A narcotics agent received information that Timothy Kimmons was a large-scale methamphetamine distributor and was going to resupply in Lafayette, Louisiana on September 27, 2022. On that day, license plate recognition systems picked up a car known to be used by Kimmons driving towards and, later in the day, away from Lafayette. The narcotics […]
ordering the seizure of a private citizen from their home for the purpose of completing a drug test, without a warrant, probable cause, or exigent circumstances is objectively unreasonable
Facts (If you are new to 1983 actions, click here for help) Karl Von Derhaar worked as a civilian employee in the NOPD’s crime lab. Von Derhaar requested leave without pay when his concerns over certain NOPD practices went unanswered. Officers subsequently went to Von Derhaar’s home to conduct a wellness check. Officers informed Von […]
Impoundment of vehicle was reasonable
Facts On the morning of January 26, 2023, Mississippi Bureau of Investigations Officer Robert Atkinson and Attorney General Investigator Justin Sims (Officer Sims) drove together to 1329 Pleasant Hill Road in the Good Hope Community of Leake County, Mississippi. At the time, Officer Atkinson had been helping local agencies with drug cases, and Officer Sims […]
Search warrant was based on officer’s personal knowledge of controlled buy
Facts Law enforcement recovered methamphetamine and cocaine from a residence in Aberdeen, Mississippi, occupied by Ray Charles Lenoir and his brother. Lenoir’s trial took place on October 8, 2024. The morning before trial began, Lenoir unsuccessfully moved to suppress the drugs and other evidence collected by law enforcement from the residence, asserting that these items […]