Appeals Court Rules Ohio Cops Didn't Have Cause To Arrest Man Wearing 'Fuck the Police' Shirt
The sheriff's deputies are also not entitled to qualified immunity because the First Amendment right to offend police has been repeatedly upheld.
The sheriff's deputies are also not entitled to qualified immunity because the First Amendment right to offend police has been repeatedly upheld.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's support for qualified immunity is in opposition to the principles he says he stands for.
Brookside officers have been accused of fabricating violations and are being sued.
Kelli Goode's civil suit is a case study in how difficult it can be to get state actors to take responsibility when they allegedly infringe on someone's rights.
The officers originally received qualified immunity, meaning Timpa's estate had no right to state their case before a jury.
Despite bipartisan momentum at the federal level, Congress still couldn't get anything over the finish line.
The Institute for Justice wants the Supreme Court to review the case—and to clarify the proper scope of "investigatory stops."
A federal court wasn't having it.
And now an appeals court has ruled the cops who arrested her aren't entitled to qualified immunity from her lawsuit.
Fanta Bility's death has revived an under-the-radar debate about the doctrine of transferred intent.
An online event hosted by the Harvard Federalist Society
Bau Tran might go to jail for his conduct, but he will be insulated from having to face a jury in civil court.
Keddins Etienne's experience shows that bullies who seize innocent people's property tend to back down when their victims put up a fight.
"This is not just an obvious constitutional infringement—it's hard to imagine a more textbook violation of the First Amendment."
Denver cops received qualified immunity after performing a warrantless search of a man’s tablet and trying to delete a video he took of them beating a suspect.
The Supreme Court's notion of "fair notice," which it says requires blocking many civil rights lawsuits, is based on a demonstrably false assumption.
In a lawsuit, Marc Crawford's widow says the state refused to give him his prescriptions and his chemotherapy.
Recent Supreme Court rulings and developments in state legislatures have dashed hopes for a quick end to the pernicious doctrine that protects abusive law enforcement officials.
In two opinions issued Monday, the Court gave qualified immunity to several police officers accused of violating the Constitution.
It was unconstitutional to charge Jenna Holm with manslaughter. But the state wanted to protect its own.
No accountability for government corruption.
"It gives cities a protection that ordinary citizens never have."
Qualified immunity "does not protect an officer who inflicts deadly force on a person who is only a threat to himself."
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed S.B. 2 into law, despite some objections from police unions.
Dillon Shane Webb will thus not be able to sue for the alleged violation of his free speech rights.
The legal doctrine continues to render juries irrelevant.
It's almost impossible to hold federal officers to account.
A federal court admitted the officers violated the man's rights. It doesn't matter.
Whether or not this constitutes meaningful accountability is up for debate.
Former District Attorney Jackie Johnson may face accountability for her official actions in the Ahmaud Arbery investigation.
Supporting the cause because your "side" went down is not a principled position.
Lawmakers have reportedly taken any changes to qualified immunity off the table.
Ricky Kidd wants accountability.
The most powerful officers are held to the lowest standard of accountability.
Yet under qualified immunity, it's incredibly difficult for the public to sue police.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit provides a useful reminder that qualified immunity is not just for police officers.
Three of the officers were denied qualified immunity, but accountability is a long way off.
"If the police don't want to be filmed or observed, they should get out of the public service field."
Police unions so often protect their own—at the expense of the public.
The fight over qualified immunity divides "conservative" judges on the 5th Circuit.
The Court has "failed to justify our enacted policy," he wrote.
He repeats his concern that QI doctrine rests on "shaky ground" and imposes a "one-size-fits-all doctrine" that is "an odd fit for many cases," including those involving university administrators.
Salaythis Melvin's family says they want justice.
The officers might receive qualified immunity, however.
"In what legal universe is it not even plausibly unreasonable to knowingly immolate someone?" asks dissenting judge
Once again, it shows just how hard it is to hold bad officers accountable.
"In lower courts' view, [a] federal badge now equals absolute immunity."
But the appeals court wasn't having it.