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Unaccountable: How Qualified Immunity Shields a Wide Range of Government Abuses, Arbitrarily Thwarts Civil Rights, and Fails to Fulfill Its Promises

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"A purportedly 'qualified' immunity becomes an absolute shield for unjustified killings, serious bodily harm, and other grave constitutional violations" - Justice Sotomayor

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Why is it so hard for victims of police abuse to get justice?

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Qualified Immunity's Flawed Foundation

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Man, wife, and 7 year old daughter are held at gunpoint after officers are mistakenly told the man is a wanted fugitive. 10th: Qualified Immunity granted

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No Qualified Immunity for officers who did not timely release prisoners who had completed their sentences. [5th]

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Tyre Nichols’ death shows cops’ legal immunity has to end

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The Lost Text of § 1983

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Qualified Immunity and Obvious Constitutional Violations

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9th Circuit grants qualified immunity to officer who brake-checked a fleeing bicyclist.

Cops arrest man who put up a fake Facebook page of the local police department. Man is later acquitted on all charges and sues for wrongful arrest. 6th: Qualified Immunity granted

Justice Sotomayor Calls Out Fifth Circuit's 'Highly Questionable' Reversal in Qualified Immunity Case of Man Kicked and Punched by Louisiana Cops

Federal Appeals Court Grants Officer Qualified Immunity in Case of Woman Who Begged for Help and Suffered Fatal Overdose in Back of Patrol Car

The ugly origins of qualified immunity

Qualified Immunity; Examining Statewide Legal & SCOTUS 2021 Ruling On Police Reform

An inmate allegedly "leaking blood all over" was denied medical treatment for hours. The prison guard got qualified immunity.

Before paramedics can get there, a police officer arrives at a scene where a man is having diabetic shock. Believing the man is a danger to himself, the officer painfully restrains and chokes the man, who later dies. District court: Qualified Immunity granted. 7th: Reversed

You Have the Right to Keep Filming the Cops—for Now

Police Reform Without Qualified Immunity Reform Is Worthless

Special education student acts up and attempts to flee the building. He starts yelling and is tasered, even after lying in a defenseless position. 5th: Because there is no clearly established Fourth Amendment right against school officials’ use of excessive force, Qualified Immunity granted

First-grade student pushes a teacher, who in turn throws him to the floor and chokes him for several minutes. 5th: Qualified Immunity granted

Woman asks an officer to assist in retrieving her things from her in-laws' house where she was just kicked out. They let themselves in without permission. After being told he "smelled like pig shit" the officer strikes one of the in-laws. 6th: No Qualified Immunity

Sole guard on duty sees a prisoner attempt to strangle himself. The guard does not intervene, instead calling his boss. Only after his boss arrives ten minutes later do they call the paramedics and they make no attempt to resuscitate him. The prisoner dies. 5th: Qualified Immunity granted

Police pull over a car driving irregularly because the driver is going into diabetic shock. They find him convulsing, and so they break the rear window and pull at him to cause him to fall to the ground so his face hits the broken glass. 5th: Qualified Immunity granted.

Leaked legislation shows hope for reforming qualified immunity

County social workers authorize medical exams on children in protective custody without their parents consent. 9th: No Qualified Immunity

Reason Article on NM’s Abolishment of QI

New Mexico Governor Signs Historic Legislation to End Qualified Immunity

'Bad Apples' bill to end qualified police immunity advances out of Illinois House committee

The Supreme Court Won't Save Us from Qualified Immunity

This Subreddit is designed to showcase recent opinions and official discussions regarding Qualified Immunity. Courts are continuing to try to define what is and isn't Qualified Immunity, and this place serves the purpose of keeping track of these cases.

For a submission to be approved, your post must:

1. Be a direct link to an official court or trial ruling or oral argument (i.e. Supreme Court or circuit opinion or oral argument)

2. Be titled in a descriptive, neutral fashion

For comments to be remain here, they must follow the generic Rules of Reddit as well as the guidelines of Reddiquitte.

**Glossary of terms:**

Qualified Immunity granted: The government official (police officer, FBI agent, etc.) is allowed to do what was described and is immune to any criminal or civil litigation.

Qualified Immunity denied: The official can be held liable in a criminal or civil case for their actions.

1st/2nd/3rd/4th/5th/6th/7th/8th/9th/10th/11th/DC: Shorthand descriptor of which Circuit Court Of Appeals this case is coming from (i.e. "10th" is the 10th Circuit). Circuit Courts are one step below the Supreme Court in the appeals process. Because the Supreme Court takes very few cases, Circuit opinions are typically the final say on the matter.

<div class="md">This Subreddit is designed to showcase recent opinions and official discussions regarding Qualified Immunity. Courts are continuing to try to define what is and isn&#39;t Qualified Immunity, and this place serves the purpose of keeping track of these cases.

For a submission to be approved, your post must:

<ol>
<li>Be a direct link to an official court or trial ruling or oral argument (i.e. Supreme Court or circuit opinion or oral argument)</li>
<li>Be titled in a descriptive, neutral fashion</li>
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For comments to be remain here, they must follow the generic Rules of Reddit as well as the guidelines of Reddiquitte.

Glossary of terms:

Qualified Immunity granted: The government official (police officer, FBI agent, etc.) is allowed to do what was described and is immune to any criminal or civil litigation.

Qualified Immunity denied: The official can be held liable in a criminal or civil case for their actions.

1st/2nd/3rd/4th/5th/6th/7th/8th/9th/10th/11th/DC: Shorthand descriptor of which Circuit Court Of Appeals this case is coming from (i.e. &quot;10th&quot; is the 10th Circuit). Circuit Courts are one step below the Supreme Court in the appeals process. Because the Supreme Court takes very few cases, Circuit opinions are typically the final say on the matter.
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<div class="md">A Subreddit with links to rulings involving what police can and cannot do.
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