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>>mnm1+(OP)
I feel like we are conflating a civil issue (qualified immunity) with criminal issues like murder.

>>jeffda+hA
I would say that the moral hazard introduced by qualified immunity increases the likelihood that criminal violations will also occur.

Weeding out the officers that would commit infractions that result in civil suits will probably also weed out those that would actual commit a more serious crime.

>>lliama+MB
Hmm? The civil suits are for filed for serious crimes.

>>gowld+8D
What they are saying is officer's that kill someone often have a pattern of bad (and sometimes escalating) behavior.

If one of the 18 use of force complaints against Chauvin had also resulted in a civil lawsuit that found Chauvin liable, he might have been removed from the force earlier.

That's one theory at least—I think it's a reasonable one.

I don't think removing QI from police officers should be the end-state of reform, but I think it's a necessary step and a good one.