This is sort of interesting.
A federal judge, Carlton Reeves, just issued a powerful ruling urging the Supreme Court to acknowledge its mistake and repeal the doctrine of qualified immunity.
#USLaw #QualifiedImmunity
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#qualifiedimmunity
● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Facebook ☞ Court Grants #QualifiedImmunity To Officer Who Told Couple To Take Down Facebook Post About Off-Duty Cop Who Shot Their Dog https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20220130/10185548383/court-grants-qualified-immunity-to-officer-who-told-couple-to-take-down-facebook-post-about-off-duty-cop-who-shot-their-dog.shtml
At the intersection of 4th and 2nd
Amendments, qualified.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-police-immunity-guns/
#PoliceKillings #QualifiedImmunity #2ndAmendment #4thAmendment
Qualified Immunity Explained
... Ordinary people—whether they’re doctors, lawyers, or construction workers—are expected to follow the law. If they violate someone else’s legal rights, they can be sued and required to pay for the injuries they’ve caused.
Under the doctrine of qualified immunity, public officials are held to a much lower standard. They can be held accountable only insofar as they violate rights that are “clearly established” in light of existing case law. This standard shields law enforcement, in particular, from innumerable constitutional violations each year. In the Supreme Court’s own words, it protects “all but the plainly incompetent or those who knowingly violate the law.” It is under this rule that officers can, without worry, drag a nonthreatening, seven months pregnant woman into the street and tase her three times for refusing to sign a piece of paper. ...
