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>>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 wonder what a bystander can do when they see a police officer doing something like holding a knee on a person's neck for 8 minutes? If you do nothing, Mr. Floyd dies. If you get involved, Mr. Floyd may live but you may be the next person under the knee.

Could a good Samaritan defense for people who interfere with the police in good faith work?

>>cridde+2I
I think that would almost certainly not hold anywhere in the US. You would be charged with resisting arrest, interfering with crime scene etc. There are a crap ton of laws that protect the police.