zlacker

>>mnm1+(OP)
I applaud this.

EDIT: I applaud Justin Amash's proposal to eliminate qualified immunity[1] (Thanks, dang).

One of the scary things about the George Floyd incident is that resisting arrest might have been the better option. That has some pretty dark implications about rule of law.

I understand the impulse of those on the right to give police officers the benefit of the doubt when it comes to what can very often be a dangerous calling, but I think that everyone (including police officers) will be safer if the police can be legally held accountable to a higher standard.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23379576

>>lliama+3B
"I applaud this" relates to the proposal announced at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23379576. We're going to merge some threads, and I want to include this subthread in the merge since it's on the general topic. But that's an important bit of context not to miss.