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Long read, well worth your time on SCOTUS, cases of excessive force & how they’ve refined “qualified immunity” to create a near insurmountable police defense: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-police-immunity-scotus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter
NPR talked to Sen. Booker on a new legislative response to attempt to curb qualified immunity for cops: https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/06/07/871713872/cory-booker-wants-to-end-qualified-immunity-for-police-officers?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=politics
Fed appeals court invoked death of George Floyd in denying legal immunity to 5 cops in WV who were sued for shooting a Black man 22 times while he lay motionless on the ground. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/court-denies-immunity-police-west-virginia-george-floyd Broke this off my SCOTUS thread, but more here: https://twitter.com/drixander/status/1266683108532916224?s=21
https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck/status/1272528711418548228?s=21 https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck/status/1272528711418548228
An entire episode on qualified immunity: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/voxs-the-weeds/e/71500870 Would’ve liked to hear more about how it comes up w/other public wkrs. In the Colorado law passed that curbed it, think indemnification was also required. Was really skeptical of the Cato guy’s jury argument tho.
Qualified Immunity Protection for Police Emerges as Flash Point Amid Protests: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/us/politics/qualified-immunity.html?smid=tw-share Didn’t realize another Congressional bill on this was intro’d. Also, another article that references other public employees being covered but doesn’t detail how, how often...
On Colorado's state bill that tackled qualified immunity: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/07/police-reform-law-colorado/614269/ Didn't realize cops there had less bargaining rights to begin with or that law enforcement was neutral & at the table throughout process.
Federal judge basically begs the Supreme Court to overturn qualified immunity in gut-wrenching opinion:
https://www.alternet.org/2020/08/federal-judge-basically-begs-the-supreme-court-to-overturn-qualified-immunity-in-gut-wrenching-opinion Some quotes in this thread: https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/1290754122166284289?s=21
https://www.alternet.org/2020/08/federal-judge-basically-begs-the-supreme-court-to-overturn-qualified-immunity-in-gut-wrenching-opinion Some quotes in this thread: https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/1290754122166284289?s=21
