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Qualified immunity would probably make that civil lawsuit much more difficult.
by lalaland1125 6y ago
Qualified immunity would probably make that civil lawsuit much more difficult.
- hkai 6y agoNot sure - it seems that every well-known police murder case ended with a multi-million-dollar settlement, even though officers were often acquitted. Wikipedia has details on these.
- makomk 6y agoQualified immunity only stops people from suing the individual police officers, and they don't even have enough money to pay out multi-million dollar settlements anyway. The big payouts come from suing the police department itself as an instituation and as I understand it they aren't protected by qualified immunity.