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1. comman+9m[view] [source] 2020-06-01 17:39:51
>>mnm1+(OP)
I'm curious - it's obvious what abuses of qualified immunity are driving this, but the law must have been originally put in place for a reason. Are there any examples where a police officer was shielded from prosecution for something that, if you or I did it would definitely be a crime, but that a reasonable person would say, "yes, this is a good application of qualified immunity"?
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2. Burnin+ip[view] [source] 2020-06-01 17:53:29
>>comman+9m
As I understand it QI is not a law, but something the Supreme Court invented in the 80s.

They are, by complete coincidence, about to possibly take on some QI cases this week.

https://reason.com/2020/05/29/the-supreme-court-has-a-chance...

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