re: UM, Don't look now but somehow, AOC is getting this Police thing 100% correct right now.

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Because literally every other profession somehow manages to go to work every day, given the legal dangers that exist.

Should the public be shocked when the same people that are immune from civil liability manage to do things that another person would face legal trouble for?

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I honestly don't mind the IDEA of qualified immunity for police. We ask them to go interact with some bad people and, eventually, bad shite is gonna happen.

What I mind is the completely absurd interpretation of QI currently accepted by the courts.

The only way to piece QI in today's system is for the cop to do literally the EXACT SAME THING some other cop in the past did that the courts have ruled not OK.

And, by exact, I mean fricking EXACT. Courts routinely rule in favor of QI when cops do something basically 95% the same but one small factor is different.

They're effectively treating officers as if they're mentally retarded and incapable of knowing right from wrong.