Are efforts to end Qualified Immunity for police the single biggest factor leading many cops to quit the NYPD? (New York: crimes, live)
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De Blasio Backs Ending Qualified Immunity for NYPD, But Stresses Officers Won’t Personally Be on the Hook
Then he either doesn't understand what qualified immunity is, or he does and he's a damned liar. In either case, the electorate deserves whatever comes its way when they vote incompetent and/or malevolent snakes like this into positions of power -- not once but twice, and by overwhelming margins.
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Originally Posted by jonbenson
It remains to be seen how it will all play out over time
No it doesn't. Officer Atlas has already shrugged, and we're witnessing the inevitable results today.
Then he either doesn't understand what qualified immunity is, or he does and he's a damned liar. In either case, the electorate deserves whatever comes its way when they vote incompetent and/or malevolent snakes like this into positions of power -- not once but twice, and by overwhelming margins.
De Blassio says this:
“It makes it easier if someone has a concern to bring a legal action, but it does not put the individual financial penalty on the officer,” .
“It puts it on the department and the city, and that's what I was comfortable with.”
“It makes it easier if someone has a concern to bring a legal action, but it does not put the individual financial penalty on the officer,” .
“It puts it on the department and the city, and that's what I was comfortable with.”
It's already on the department and the city. So I state again -- either he doesn't understand qualified immunity, or he does and he's a liar and an enemy of civil society.
It's already on the department and the city. So I state again -- either he doesn't understand qualified immunity, or he does and he's a liar and an enemy of civil society.
It's already on the department and the city. So I state again -- either he doesn't understand qualified immunity, or he does and he's a liar and an enemy of civil society.
The qualified immunity doctrine is very favorable to states and local governments. “Clearly established” means that, at the time of the official’s conduct, the law was sufficiently clear that every reasonable official would understand that what he or she is doing is unconstitutional. According to the Supreme Court, qualified immunity protects all except the plainly incompetent or those who knowingly violate the law.
Think about it: if individual officers won't be personally on the hook even after qualified immunity is eliminated, why would they care if it was eliminated or not? Why would it be a determining factor in deciding whether to quit?
Answer: because they know DeBolshevik is either ignorant or a liar.
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