The father of Jordan Edwards, the fifteen-year-old victim of a recent police shooting, filed suit this week in federal court alleging excessive force by Balch Springs police officer, Roy Oliver, and inadequate training and oversight by Oliver's employers at the city....
Wrongful Death
A COP FIRES. A TEEN DIES. YET SIX POLICE BODY CAMERAS SOMEHOW MISS WHAT HAPPENS.
The shooting of Mary S. Hawkes is profiled in an article by The Washington Post. Through the facts of Mary's case, the article illuminates the broader problems with the use of department-issued body cameras in police departments across the country. Read more at this...
SILVER CITY PD ACCUSED OF PROTECTING COLLEAGUE BEFORE HE KILLED GIRLFRIEND
KOB4 profiles the tragic killing of Nikki Bascom, a Silver City resident and mother of two who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend, Silver City Police Captain Mark Contreras, who then killed himself.Laura represents Ms. Bascom's family in a lawsuit against the Silver...
BALLISTIC EXPERTS CONCLUDE OFFICER’S ACCOUNT OF SHOOTING SCIENTIFICALLY IMPOSSIBLE
KOB4 Eyewitness news interview's Shannon Kennedy on the shooting of Mary Hawkes and the lawsuit filed by Kennedy, Kennedy & Ives on behalf of the Mary Hawkes Estate in the Second Judicial District Court of Albuquerque.