The Supreme Court spent nearly 80 minutes Wednesday debating a traffic stop outside Houston that turned deadly in just five ...

A routine traffic stop in Texas turned deadly within seconds when a police officer shot and killed 24-year-old Ashtian Barnes ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case on Wednesday that could make it easier to hold police officers accountable for ...

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision will set a precedent for courts that review officer-involved shootings solely by the cop's split-second decisions in the "moment of threat." ...

The justices considered the Fifth Circuit's "moment of the threat" doctrine during a hearing about a 2016 fatal police ...

The case is called Barnes v. Felix. The question is what should be considered legally when deciding if an officer's use of ...

Ashtian Barnes, who died in April 2016 on the shoulder of the Sam Houston Tollway, was shot by the officer, Roberto Felix Jr., who jumped on the sill of the driver's door of Barnes' car as it ...

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The nine justices heard arguments in an appeal by Janice Hughes, whose 24-year-old son Ashtian Barnes was killed in the 2016 incident. Hughes appealed after a lower court dismissed her lawsuit ...

The justices appeared to be in broad agreement that the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals should take another look at the case of Ashtian Barnes, who died in his rental car in ...

The excessive force suit from the family of Ashtian Barnes is one of many to make its way to the high court at a time when the nation and federal courts continue to wrestle with when to hold ...