by John Floyd | Jul 30, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Qualified Immunity
Pasadena, Texas, population 152,000, is a suburban community in Harris County that falls on the outskirts of the greater Houston metropolitan area. In the early morning of March 28, 2019, Pasadena police arrested 32-year-old Jamal Ali Shaw for public intoxication...
by John Floyd | Sep 12, 2022 | Police Misconduct, Qualified Immunity
In the early morning of August 20, 2022, a Columbus, Ohio, police officer named Ricky Anderson, along with two other white officers, entered the residence of a 20-year-old Black man named Donovan Lewis. The officers were present to serve an arrest warrant against...
by John Floyd | May 8, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Police Misconduct, Qualified Immunity
THE PERILS OF A TRAFFIC STOP The Stanford Open Policing Project (SOPR) reports that police conduct 50,000 traffic stops daily. These traffic stops result in more than 20 million American motorists interacting with the police each year. At best, traffic stops are tense...
by John Floyd | May 21, 2021 | Criminal Law, Police Misconduct, Qualified Immunity
The death of George Floyd took place in Minnesota, but it sent shockwaves across the country. In many places, its effects will redefine police roles in the community and consequences for crimes on duty. In Texas, a bill called the George Floyd Act seeks to catalyze...
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