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To: qaz123
What this court is saying has NOTHING to do with Qualified Immunity. This is taking immunity into a level probably never thought possible. And, as much as I loathe institutions like the ACLU, I’m hoping they’re swooping in. Qualified Immunity offers protection against civil suits. Nothing more. It prevents people from going after an LEO, after an incident. If it’s determined that the LEO acted properly, within their departments training, within the law....they didn’t do anything wrong, then they’re are protected from being sued in civil court.

You're mistaken about qualified impunity. In many cases, officers have been found to violate constitutional rights. They just did it in a way that no court has faced before, so qualified immunity applies.

But on the good news front, your wish has been answered and the ACLU is among those who have already chimed in.
57 posted on 09/19/2021 2:00:02 AM PDT by publiusF27
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To: publiusF27

Give me an example of an LEO violating a constitutional right and the courts not knowing what to do.


61 posted on 09/19/2021 9:09:18 AM PDT by qaz123
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