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Ruby Ridge incident

A high-profile federal standoff that prompted the Department of Justice to adopt uniform deadly-force policies.

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What legal standards govern use of deadly force by federal agents during domestic protests?

during domestic protests is bounded by the Fourth Amendment’s “objective reasonableness” standard and detailed department policies that permit lethal force only when an agent reasonably believes there...

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How have legal experts assessed federal agents’ use-of-force policies after the Minneapolis shootings in January 2026?

Legal experts have largely framed the shootings as a stress test of federal use-of-force doctrine: scholars and practitioners point to settled standards and policy as the baseline, while criticizing h...