A few background links that I dug up after reading the NYT article and the actual (hilarious!) Onion amicus brief linked to by @zerovox [1] that may be of broad

A few background links that I dug up after reading the NYT article and the actual (hilarious!) Onion amicus brief linked to by @zerovox [1] that may be of broader interest given the ongoing discussion here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualified_immunity https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2017/10/man_arrested_for_creating_fake.html [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33081046 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33081046