A routine traffic stop in Texas turned deadly within seconds when a police officer shot and killed 24-year-old Ashtian Barnes in 2016.   The Supreme Court weighed Monday whether courts should examine everything that happened during the traffic stop or just the split-seconds when the officer feared for his safety in deciding whether the officer…

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The Supreme Court seems inclined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas police officer who shot a man to death during a traffic stop in Houston over unpaid tolls

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Supreme Court could revive lawsuit against Texas officer who shot motorist stopped for unpaid tolls

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed inclined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas police officer who shot a man to death

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

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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court spent nearly 80 minutes Wednesday debating a traffic stop outside Houston that turned deadly in just five seconds. In a decision that could determine whether courts may consider the circumstances leading up to the use of deadly force, a majority of the justices signaled they will side with the family of an unarmed 24-year-old man who was killed soon after being pulled over driving a rental car in 201…

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The Supreme Court seemed inclined Wednesday to make it somewhat easier for individuals to try to hold police officers accountable for using deadly force, in a case involving the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man during a routine traffic stop in Texas.

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Supreme Court questions standards for use of deadly force by police in Texas case

Supreme Court justices appeared likely to allow an excessive force claim brought against a police officer over the shooting of a Black man following a routine traffic stop in Houston to move forward.

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Supreme Court leans toward reviving excessive claim against cop who killed Black man after traffic stop

The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed inclined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas police officer who shot a man to death during a traffic stop in Houston over unpaid tolls.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 April 2016 on the shoulder of the Sam Houston Tollway.Barnes was sh…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed inclined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas police officer who shot a man to death during a traffic stop in Houston over unpaid tolls. 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 April 2016 on the shoulder of the Sam Houston To…

Supreme Court questions standards for use of deadly force by police in Texas case

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