The Civil Rights Lawyer-SCOTUS Issues Two Qualified Immunity Rulings This Week – FIS 78

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The Civil Rights Lawyer-SCOTUS Issues Two Qu

This week the Supreme Court issued two separate rulings in qualified immunity cases involving allegations of excessive use of force by police officers. One out of the 9th circuit, involving an officer placing a knee on a suspect's back for 8 seconds, and a second one involving a suspect who was shot and killed by police officers while charging at an officer with a hammer. You may have seen the headlines around the interwebs about the SCOTUS strengthening qualified immunity in these two cases, or somehow changing the law in favor of the police. Is this the case? Since excessive force cases are my favorite, let's go through these together.

#QualifiedImmunity #ExcessiveForce #SCOTUS

Freedom is Scary Ep. No. 78 – (prerecorded this evening because my internet connection is a total failure of government and corporate partnership at every level)