WASHINGTON − Ashtian Barnes was headed down a Texas toll road to pick up his girlfriend’s daughter from day care when a traffic enforcement officer stopped him – because his girlfriend’s ...

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 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 ...

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

Those issues arose from a lawsuit brought by the mother of a 24-year-old man, Ashtian Barnes, who was fatally shot by a Texas traffic enforcement officer in 2016 after Barnes was stopped because ...

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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 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 ...