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26 Mar, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Some good news for your Friday: New York City has voted to end qualified immunity for police officers.

Hi, Congress. Are you watching?

My latest @reason:
reason.com/2021/03/26/new…
@justinamash's bill from last June would've ended qualified immunity for all state actors. It had tripartisan support. It never received a vote.
reason.com/2020/06/06/jus…
@RepPressley reintroduced that bill earlier this month. I sincerely hope people will hear her out.
reason.com/2021/03/01/aya…
The Justice in Policing Act would also eliminate qualified immunity for police. It's unlikely to pass the Senate, even though the vast majority of the country supports reform here.

Congress should listen to its constituents.
reason.com/2020/07/22/the…

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26 Mar
ICE set up a fake college, stole millions of dollars from immigrants who *came here legally*...and then deported them.

The Biden admin has claimed sovereign immunity, & says the plaintiffs have no right to sue.

Lots to unpack here.

My latest @reason:
reason.com/2021/03/26/ice…
I talked with a man who came to the U.S. legally from India. His student visa was running out, so he applied for a master's at the University of Farmington.

The university's website, secretly set up by ICE, claimed to be approved by DHS's Student and Exchange Visitor Program.
So he enrolled, paid $15,000 in tuition, & got his visa. He then got a letter telling him it was all a lie & he needed to leave the country.

600 other students are in the same boat. Some left right away. About 250 were arrested & deported.

None have gotten their money back.
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5 Mar
THREAD: A SWAT team decimated this innocent woman's home while chasing a fugitive. The city says it's not their problem—and has refused to pay for any damages.

Let's talk about police accountability.

My latest @reason:
reason.com/2021/03/05/swa…
The story: A man barricaded himself inside the home of 76-year-old Vicki Baker, whose daughter gave police the keys & a garage door opener.

Instead, agents used explosives to blow off the garage entry, and drove right on through the front door in an armored vehicle.
The city quickly told her that they don't owe her anything under the 5th Amendment & that she's not a victim.

"I've lost everything," she told me. She is battling cancer & was looking forward to retirement. So much for that.
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5 Oct 20
On Friday, the Michigan Supreme Court struck down @GovWhitmer's COVID-19 executive orders, calling them "unlawful."

Here's a timeline of her coronavirus response, which has sparked national debate over the limits of executive power.

My latest @reason:
reason.com/2020/10/05/mic…
Whitmer's April stay-at-home order prohibited all public and private gatherings. It banned the in-store sale of paint & outdoor goods at big retailers. It shuttered lawncare services. It made it illegal to use motorboats, but not boats without motors.
reason.com/2020/04/13/mic…
Even with all the prohibitions, lottery sales were still deemed essential.

That's likely because the proceeds help fund the state's public schools.
freep.com/story/news/loc…
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5 Aug 20
THREAD: Yet another rogue cop received qualified immunity yesterday.

The judge writing for the majority didn't actually want to grant it. He was forced to, and he had some choice words for everyone involved. It’s a stunning opinion.

My latest @reason:
reason.com/2020/08/05/ano…
The case surrounds a cop, Nick McClendon, who pulled over a man, Clarence Jamison, to conduct a drug search, which resulted in damage to Jamison's car. McClendon told Jamison he’d received a call that he had “10 kilos of cocaine.”

McClendon never actually received that call.
But McClendon proceeded to search anyway for almost two hours, because why not? He even called in a canine, because why not?

No drugs were found, because Jamison is not, in fact, a drug dealer. But McClendon did manage to cause $4,000 in damages to Jamison’s vehicle.
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