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>>laurex+(OP)
This policy introduced into congress sounds like a helpful solution:

> "Ending Qualified Immunity Act," which would allow civil lawsuits against police, a recourse that the Supreme Court has all but done away with.

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/06/01/us/politics/01reu...

That plus the laundry list of obvious issues with criminal justice that any defense attorney could list off hand.

>>dmix+0x
Is qualified immunity really the issue? The general impression I have is that PDs/DAs straight up refuse to investigate/prosecute abuses of power. It's not like we have a bunch of cases where the case was airtight, but the officer was being acquitted because of qualified immunity.

>>gruez+Jx
Civil torts are a check on the criminal prosecution system when it becomes too lenient.