Supreme Court Rules for Woman Whose Son Was Killed by Police (1)

The US Supreme Court ruled for the mother of a Black man who was shot and killed by police, reviving her lawsuit that seeks to hold the Texas officer liable for his use of deadly force.

In a unanimous decision on Thursday, the justices said the US Court of Appeals for Fifth Circuit used the wrong standard in assessing whether the officer’s actions were reasonable.

“To assess whether an officer acted reasonably in using force, a court must consider all the relevant circumstances, including facts and events leading up to the climactic moment,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in the court’s ...