[Lurker]

They were convicted under 18USC242, Deprivation of Civil Rights under False Color of Authority.

And “qualified immunity” is a doctrine which should be done away with in it’s entirety. Anyone depriving any American of their Civil Rights without due process should pay a very, very heavy price.

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[teeman8r]

i agree...

everyone... lawmakers who back anti 2A laws too.

[Alberta's Child]

Qualified immunity is an extension of the English common law principle of "sovereign immunity" -- which basically means a sovereign government cannot be sued without its consent.

Without this type of immunity our society would probably grind to a halt. Would any government even allow motor vehicles to operate on public roads if it could be sued for damages every time someone was involved in a motor vehicle crash?

[NELSON111]

Agree 100%. It allows law enforcement to deprive people of their civil rights using shady RAS and PC excuses for violations of the fourth amendment when it’s really a fishing expedition-and it covers them when an innocent civilian tries to get justice and files a complaint. Try finding out what punishment the officers received when they violated RAS/PC standards

Anyone who does any searches on YouTube will see hundreds of videos of Cops committing acts from just being asses—to abuses of force-and all of these officers have kept their job because of QI. Any of these infractions would get most people fired from a regular job.

[MortMan]

Sullum has already assumed that Chauvin will be convicted, even though there is evidence that the hold applied ins in line with department training. If the training includes this hold for “excited delirium” (I think that is the name), then Chauvin should retain immunity.

Immunity should be removed when the officer clearly exceeds the limits of the police rulebook.

Some argue that this is such a case, but we must be careful to understand that only some percentage of the evidence has been exposed, and nearly all of that is aimed at convicting Chauvin. Once the entirety of the evidence has been made public, then we can talk about removing immunity.

The reason why qualified immunity was instituted was to allow officers to use the tools given and taught to them by their departments without fear of reprisal. To remove immunity wholesale now means that no officer can use any tool or technique - even one taught by their department - without exposing themselves to ruin if someone, somewhere is offended by the act. Under that scenario, one would have to be insane to become a police officer.

Stripping qualified immunity is defunding the police by another name, IMO.

[usurper]

And “qualified immunity” is a doctrine which should be done away with in it’s entirety.

Well you are in full agreement with BLM. No one is going to become an officer if they can be sued into oblivion simply based on a allegation.

The vast number of allegations against cops are found to be baseless. They would all go broke if they had to lawyer up every time someone made a complaint.

And you can bet the number of allegations will skyrocket if this happens.

[precisionshootist]

"They were convicted under 18USC242, Deprivation of Civil Rights under False Color of Authority. And “qualified immunity” is a doctrine which should be done away with in it’s entirety. Anyone depriving any American of their Civil Rights without due process should pay a very, very heavy price. L"

I agree.

For those that support “qualified immunity”. Please contrast “qualified immunity” with "no one is above the law". So which is it?

[Arones]

And “qualified immunity” is a doctrine which should be done away with in it’s entirety. Anyone depriving any American of their Civil Rights without due process should pay a very, very heavy price.

Any Conservative should know this.

If you don't, you are not conservative.