A significant amount of criticism contends that qualified immunity allows police brutality to go unpunished.[6] Legal researchers Amir H. Ali and Emily Clark, for instance, have argued that “qualified immunity permits law enforcement and other government officials to violate people’s constitutional rights with virtual impunity”.[45] Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has noted a “disturbing trend” of siding with police officers using excessive force with qualified immunity,[46] describing it as “sanctioning a ‘shoot first, think later’ approach to policing”.
The joke being that the suspect was an offer who showed up, claimed that their life was in danger, and shot everyone to death. The officer will then use qualified immunity as a defence to an extrajudicial killing.
Right… You just clarified that they’re immune to civil litigation. And we all know they won’t be charged criminally. So what we’re saying is that they get off scot free.
Qualified immunity coming in 3, 2, 1…
Tell me you don’t know what qualified immunity is without telling me you don’t know that qualified immunity is.
Edit: Seems like a lot of people don’t know what qualified immunity is.
Qualified immunity means a cop can’t be personally liable in civil litigation for legal actions taken while doing their job.
It has nothing to do criminal prosecution when they break the law. It basically just means you have to sue the police department, not the cop.
He feared for his life. They were coming right for him.
I’m not sure what that has to do with being protected from a civil lawsuit.
Tell me you didn’t get the joke without telling me.
Qualified immunity
The joke being that the suspect was an offer who showed up, claimed that their life was in danger, and shot everyone to death. The officer will then use qualified immunity as a defence to an extrajudicial killing.
Right, but the joke is based on the misconception that qualified immunity means immunity from prosecution, which is false.
Spreading misinformation is always bad.
Right… You just clarified that they’re immune to civil litigation. And we all know they won’t be charged criminally. So what we’re saying is that they get off scot free.