SavannahMann
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QI is only given IF the officer was acting in good faith and within the law. The law already exists.I’d like to see an end to Qualified Immunity. If the cop is doing the job properly, according to policy and the law, then yes, he should have immunity. If he is not, then that immunity should be so far out of reach that the Voyager Probes won’t reach it for a million years.
QI is applied if no precedent exists prohibiting the action.
The real issue in Floyd’s death is the concept of “qualified immunity” police officers benefit from
Police are rarely prosecuted for their misconduct because of a 1982 Supreme Court decision. The SC maintained at the time this wouldn’t be misappropriated, but clearly that isn’t the case. https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-act-laws-dont-apply-080009354.html “Four decades on, qualified immunity...
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