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Oklahoma City Police shooting: body cam footage and what it means for civil rights cases Civil Rights
June 22, 2021

Oklahoma City Police shooting: body cam footage and what it means for civil rights cases

On May 12, 2021, Oklahoma City Police Officer Daniel Lopez responded to a call in a northwest Oklahoma City neighborhood regarding a domestic dispute with Daniel Hobbs. The encounter ended when Lopez shot Hobbs multiple times, and he died from his injuries later in the hospital. Now that the police…
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What Derek Chauvin’s conviction means for the future of police misconduct cases Civil Rights
May 19, 2021

What Derek Chauvin’s conviction means for the future of police misconduct cases

On April 20, 2021, former police officer Derek Chauvin, was found guilty on three homicide counts for the high-profile killing of George Floyd, in Minneapolis. We’ve all seen the video.  Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes, depriving him of his ability to breathe and tragically cutting his life…
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What’s the difference between expunging a conviction and sealing your criminal record? Expungements
March 30, 2021

What’s the difference between expunging a conviction and sealing your criminal record?

As anyone who has been convicted of a crime can tell you, a criminal record can have seriously damaging effects on all sorts of things, from employment, to education, to housing. The good news is that in the state of Oklahoma, you can have your record cleaned up by “expunging”…
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