Challenging Police Misconduct 2016

The Clinic is co-counseling with the Law Office of Don Tittle, P.C. to represent a Dallas area resident who was falsely arrested and charged with capital murder, for a crime he did not commit, based on a faulty phone line-up that violated the Dallas Police Department’s internal policies. After he spent seventeen days in jail, the charge was dropped. He is suing the Dallas Police Department for false arrest in violation of the Fourth Amendment and deliberate fabrication in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Clinic students are working on document discovery, depositions, and motions in the case. Separately, clinic students are working with Austin area police reform advocates to research issues relating to the Austin Police Department’s practices relating to mental health crisis response.

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