Posts Tagged ‘#attorneylorenzobanks’
Qualified Immunity – Should Police Be More Accountable?
Does Qualified Immunity Protect Cops at the Expense of Civil Rights? Reforms aim to rebalance the need to hold police accountable while shielding individual officers from financial liability. On January 8, 2014, officers Brad Bracey and Spencer Harris responded to a burglary-in-progress call, and they brought “Iwo”, their trained police dog. The officers followed…
Read MoreLoitering Laws – What You Should Know
Do You Have to Talk to a Police Officer? You have the right to remain silent – except in a few specific circumstances If you are walking down the street or just hanging out in a public place and a police officer approaches you and starts asking questions, do you have to answer? Lorenzo Banks…
Read MoreSurviving a Police Encounter – Part 4 Complying with the Officer
Surviving a Police Encounter Part 4: Complying with the officer The world learned the name Philando Castile after his girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, live-streamed the immediate aftermath of the police shooting that took his life. “We got pulled over for a busted taillight in the back,” she says on the video. The camera reveals Castile slumped…
Read MoreSurviving a Police Encounter – Part 3 Communicating with the Officer
Surviving a Police Encounter Part 3: Communicating with the officer South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper Sean Groubert stopped Levar Jones in the parking lot of a gas station for a seat belt violation. Jones was just stepping out of his vehicle when Groubert pulled up in his cruiser. “Can I see your license, please?” the…
Read MoreD.O.P.E. Spotlight Interview – Civil Rights Attorney Lorenzo Banks
A Mathematician Turned Lawyer How does a mathematics major with a low opinion of lawyers become a criminal defense attorney? It starts when he gets sued over a dispute with a credit card company. “I was not trying to be a lawyer,” Lorenzo says. “I knew nothing about lawyers, but I knew I couldn’t afford…
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