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Have you ever wondered what qualified immunity is or what it does or where it came from? Now's the time to get your questions answered. #npap #PoliceAccountability
Here's a little history. Qualified immunity was created by the Supreme Court in 1967, to shield police and other government officers from damages liability when they acted in "good faith." But in 1982, the Court said it should protect officers unless...
... they violated "clearly established law." Today the Supreme Court has instructed lower courts that they must dismiss damages claims against officers unless there is a prior opinion in which a court held virtually identical facts to be unconstitutional.
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