Federal Judge Makes Radical Move to End Qualified Immunity for Bad Cops, Nationally
Cities quite literally burned over the anger that has been boiling up over decades as cops kill people - who are often innocent, unarmed, and even children - and obtain away with it. To strike the basis of the matter , we'd like bad cops held accountable. One major thanks to do that is by ending Qualified Immunity. This month, U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves filed a 72-page opinion blasting qualified immunity which has given countless bad cops a pass all supported a severely flawed doctrine. In Jamison v. McClendon, U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves recently concluded that Officer Nick McClendon violated Clarence Jamison's Fourth Amendment rights when he subjected Jamison to an almost two-hour ordeal that included badgering, pressuring, lying and intrusively searching his car. The judge's hands were tied by the qualified immunity doctrine so he was forced to deny Jamison's le...