South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Oct 2, 2025

4th Circuit orders unsealing of police shooting videos

The 4th Circuit ordered release of police shooting videos, ruling a trial court’s sealing order violated the First Amendment right of public access.

Aug 7, 2025

Colorado officer sued over fatal shooting in parking lot

The parents of Rashaud Johnson are suing an Aurora officer, alleging excessive force and racial bias in a deadly airport parking lot shooting.

Jun 13, 2023

Authorities: South Carolina man fatally shot after firing on deputies during standoff

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — About a half-dozen deputies shot and killed a man who fired at them multiple times during a standoff at a South Carolina home Monday, authorities said. […]

May 11, 2023

South Carolina man sues police after being shot at 47 times during mental crisis

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man is suing a sheriff’s office in South Carolina saying deputies shot at him nearly 50 times when he was having a mental health crisis […]

Apr 6, 2023

Connecticut woman shot by officer gets $1.1M settlement

HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut woman who was seriously injured when a police officer opened fire on her and her boyfriend as they sat in a car unarmed has […]

Mar 20, 2023

Even ‘reasonable’ police shootings are not inevitable

by James M. Doyle BridgeTower Media Newswires BOSTON, MA — After brandishing a fake gun near Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Juston Root, a 41-year-old man with a long […]

Oct 2, 2019

Officer cleared in shooting of SC homeowner through window

A police officer in South Carolina who shot and wounded a 62-year-old man in the foyer of his home through a window while checking a medical alarm won’t face criminal […]

Aug 7, 2019

Officer who shot homeowner in June linked to 2017 shooting

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy who shot and wounded a South Carolina homeowner through a window in June was also among several officers who fatally shot a man […]

Jul 31, 2019

The Latest: Homeowner devastated by police story of shooting

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on police releasing body camera footage of a man shot by an officer in his South Carolina home (all times local): 2:30 p.m. The […]

Jan 9, 2019

South Carolina officer loses appeal over shooting conviction

An appellate court has upheld the conviction and 20-year sentence of a white former South Carolina policeman for the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist who was running away […]

May 5, 2017

Prosecutor will not charge officers who shot man 19 times

Three police officers who shot a black man 19 times were cleared of charges April 26 because the man had a gun when he was killed, a prosecutor said. Solicitor […]

Apr 26, 2017

Family sees video of police shooting; will continue lawsuit

A lawyer for the family of a man killed by police in South Carolina says he plans to continue his lawsuit after seeing video of the shooting. Solicitor Chip Finney […]