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Sen. Cory Booker, other Democrats want to eliminate qualified immunity
Several Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate want to overturn qualified immunity, a 50-year-old Supreme Court doctrine that’s been used to protect police accused of using excessive force in civil suits.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readSeveral Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate want to overturn qualified immunity, a 50-year-old Supreme Court doctrine that’s been used to protect police accused of using excessive force in civil suits. Reuters recently analyzed more than 500 cases where qualified immunity was used.
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The fight to end qualified immunity for cops- 0:00Sen. Cory Booker, other Democrats want to eliminate qualified immunityYou’re reading this
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The full episode
1 of 4The fight to end qualified immunity for cops- 0:00Sen. Cory Booker, other Democrats want to eliminate qualified immunityYou’re reading this
- 10:43Why small, predominantly white towns are protesting George Floyd’s killing
- 17:17KCRW’s ‘Samaritans’: a shower and clean clothes
- 37:26Jazz musician Terence Blanchard on ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ Spike Lee, and the current civil unrest