First Amendment and Transparency
Loevy & Loevy has represented scores of journalists, activists, and others in First Amendment and Transparency cases, including:
Topic: Police Misconduct
10 AM Today – Hearing to Determine if All Harith “Snoop” Augustus Videos Should be Released
City is Defying FOIA Law by Refusing to Release Videos This morning a Cook County judge will hold a hearing to determine if the Chicago Police Department should be forced under the Illinois Freedom Of Information Act to release all videos surrounding the controversial July 14th police killing of South Shore barber Harith “Snoop” Augustus,… Read More
Family of Unarmed Black Man, Beaten & Shot in the Back by Police, Sues for Justice
Video poking holes in the police version of events is available here. WICHITA, KS, 8/9/2018 – The family of 24-year-old Matthew Holmes, beaten and shot to death last August by a county sheriff’s deputy, and then beaten further while he lay dying, sued the McPherson and Harvey County, Kansas Sheriff’s Departments, City of Newton, and… Read More