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>> People, even police, are not above the law and are not granted special exceptions of hostility, That's literally what qualified immunity provides; in additi
by hbt 6y ago
>> People, even police, are not above the law and are not granted special exceptions of hostility,
That's literally what qualified immunity provides; in addition to all the special laws they lobby for that undermine the rule of law e.g investigating themselves, reviewing footage of their crime prior to giving testimony etc.
- austincheney 6y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualified_immunity https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualified_immunity Qualified immunity is a shield from civil suits not criminal liability. For example if paramedics are performing life saving functions and the injured party still dies those paramedics shouldn’t be at risk of law suit attempts to save life. The consequence is paramedics would let people die without life saving actions in full knowledge that in most circumstances their actions would prevent death because there is great personal financial liability for performing their jobs in some rare circumstances.
- hbt 6y ago>> Qualified immunity is a shield from civil suits not criminal liability. "generally requires civil rights plaintiffs to show not just a clear legal rule, but a prior case with functionally identical facts." https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/publications/insights-on-law-and-society/volume-21/issue-1/qualified-immunity/ https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/publicat... It's not a crime if there is no precedence; cannot establish precedence because there is no precedent. Sounds like immunity to me; but please, feel free to point me to the high number of court cases of criminal cops held accountable in a court of law. You should also send that to the american bar association; they are clearly wasting their time pursuing criminal justice reform for the complete lack of accountability.