qualified-immunity

Qualified immunity, explained. And why police reformers want to end it

BY: - June 17, 2020

in the 1960’s, the U.S. Supreme Court created a loophole, as a way to protect public servants from high-stakes lawsuits known as qualified immunity.

COMMENTARY

How to police the police? The U.S. Supreme Court did it once. It can do it again | Opinion

BY: - June 10, 2020

The high court improved policing a generation ago with the exclusionary rule. It has the opportunity to do that again by striking down qualified immunity.