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Time for a civil lawsuit. I thought sharing nude pictures against the person's will against the law. I hope she gets a nice big settlement from the people inv

• actionfromafar 2y ago
  Article says "protects police and government officials from civil liability". (Emphasis mine.)
  • bryanrasmussen 2y ago
    I believe it protects the individuals but not the departments or agencies they work for? Hence "officials".
    • parsimo2010 2y ago
      Qualified immunity covers individuals but agencies do not need to be given qualified immunity because government agencies are covered by sovereign immunity. The government only allows itself to be sued when it decides.
    • UncleMeat 2y ago
      Suing departments is also basically impossible because the bar for a "pattern of misconduct" is ludicrously high. Connick v Thompson is a particularly infuriating case where a man who was sentenced to death by a DA that deliberately withheld blood evidence that would exonerate could not get damages because the long history of Brady violations by the DA's office were actually a series of distinct violations with teeny differences so they couldn't be considered a "pattern."
• mandevil 2y ago
  This was the civil lawsuit, resolved without ever going any further, thanks to the court created doctrine of Qualified Immunity. This is the end of all legal consequences anyone involved will ever face. The Sheriff did lose his job when he lost the election in 2020, and presumably this played a role in that election? But that's not a legal consequence, that's a political one.
• adrr 2y ago
  Also outside the scope of the duties of a police officer. Shouldn't fall under QI.