I hear the phrase. Police reform bills in Congress mention it. I never heard the phrase before a couple of weeks ago. Just what is "qualified immunity"?
Should the police department be enforcing some law that some people don't like, they ought to vote the mayor out of office, and if they want to bypass the democratic process, they can sue the police department, which has a budget, lawyers on staff, and can defend itself. It is unfair the sue the individual officers who are merely carrying out department policy. I'm OK with that.
I am not OK with offering immunity to cops who kill arrested citizens in handcuffs. Or other lesser bad stuff.
For all the bloviating on TV about institutionalized racism raging across the land, I have not yet heard a clear definition of "qualified immunity". Could it be that the newsies lack the education needed to explain a legal buzzword?
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