INDIANAPOLIS — The Local Law Enforcement Protection Act (H.R. 5264) is a federal bill designed to protect qualified immunity for state and local police officers. The bill was re-introduced by ...
EDMOND, Okla. - The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that could mean the end of a federal lawsuit filed by the parents of a teenager who was fatally ...
Everyone is guilty of negligence some of the time. As humans, we are fallible and occasionally do things without thinking them through. Sometimes, a matter you intended to take care ...
“Henceforth, government officials performing discretionary functions generally are shielded from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate 'clearly established' statutory or constitutional rights of which a ...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday issued two unsigned opinions applying qualified immunity to disputes over alleged excessive use of force by police officers, reversing lower court decisions that allowed the officers to ...
Sacramento, CA. - The California Assembly just passed a bill that aims to increase the accountability of law enforcement in the state including altering qualified immunity, a United States Supreme ...
Qualified immunity has been a hot topic as anti-police activists and woke politicians pursue the revocation of this law enforcement safeguard, which government officials seeking to strip police of the ...
There may not be a more dangerous "reform" for law enforcement than the ending of qualified immunity for America's heroes behind the badge. In a sense, the lie that qualified ...
The Big Apple’s shot callers, citing the need for justice for victims of police violence, recently voted to abolish qualified immunity for NYPD’s crime fighters. Democrat members of the House ...
NEW YORK -- Former Commissioner of the New York Police Department (NYPD) Bernard Kerik announced Thursday that he will no longer recommend the NYPD to young people who are considering ...
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