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Federal Control Over Officer-Involved Shootings

The federal government's control over investigations of officer-involved shootings by federal agents and the impact on state-level investigations and prosecutions.

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Jan 25, 2026
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Major gun-rights organizations reacted swiftly and critically to the and in , demanding transparency and investigations while pushing back against federal officials’ characterizations of the encounter...

Jan 20, 2026
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What legal rules govern federal control of officer-involved-shooting investigations and state access to evidence?

Federal control over investigations of officer-involved shootings by federal agents rests on a mix of constitutional supremacy, federal criminal statutes, and prosecutorial discretion, but states reta...

Jan 27, 2026
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Legal experts read C. § 372—the conspiracy-to-impede-or-injure-officer statute—as a broad, historically rooted conspiracy offense that can reach coordinated efforts to , but they sharply disagree abou...

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