re: How would law enforcement look without qualified immunity?

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Let’s turn the discussion into exactly what type of plaintiffs do we want recovering money from police departments? What actions are currently covered by QI that we want to become actionable?



Let’s start with the Fresno cops who stole $225,000

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Last year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit Court decided that two police officers in Fresno, California, who allegedly stole more than $225,000 in assets while executing a search warrant, could not be sued over the incident. Though "the City Officers ought to have recognized that the alleged theft was morally wrong," the unanimous 9th Circuit panel said, the officers "did not have clear notice that it violated the Fourth Amendment."



Oh I’m sorry, was stealing illegal? We didn’t know.

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