@benroyce the fact that #cops ain't forced to #ID themselves with their legal name, DOB, POB, legal Address, SSN and license plate is the issue!
- Just like "#QualifiedImmunity" is a #facist concept that must be abolished retroactively!
@benroyce the fact that #cops ain't forced to #ID themselves with their legal name, DOB, POB, legal Address, SSN and license plate is the issue!
5 years after #GeorgeFloyd's #murder
#law #PoliceAbuse #PoliceReform #SystemicRacism #ExcessiveForce #PoliceViolence #QualifiedImmunity #Trump #DOJ #CivilRights #HumanRights #ICC
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/briefing/five-years-after-floyd.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=E5801D2D-5163-436A-AA1B-7D9DE956DF60
AI writing police reports can allow officers to avoid responsibility for said reports
One concern of AI is the ability to abdicate (maybe even say, 'obfuscate') responsibility
Do something bad in report?
Solution for any unethical behavior?
"blame the AI machine"
Maybe some even see this as a benefit. More immunity.
w/Love to see all pitch emails / inner discussion
#policing #News #AI #artificialintelligence #Law #Qualifiedimmunity #ethics #activism #police
https://www.kqed.org/news/12007520/how-artificial-intelligence-is-changing-the-reports-police-write
…#Trump has garnered support from many #police groups, in part by promising to strengthen #QualifiedImmunity to shield officers from civil #liability for their actions.
…He has detailed plans on his website to direct the #DOJ’s #CivilRights division to investigate “radical, Marxist” state prosecutors whom #Republicans accuse of *failing* to bring NONVIOLENT drug cases or other low-level charges that have disproportionately been prosecuted against #racial *minorities*.
@GottaLaff The lack of clarity on the subject and object of this sentence made it exceptionally difficult for me to read the first few times without a broader context. Shouldn't Trump be asking why cops have #qualifiedImmunity?
Oh, *Trump* didn't ask about it, he was asked *about* it. Me:
The #legislation would increase the use of #BodyCameras, restrict the use of #QualifiedImmunity, ban #NoKnockWarrants & #chokeholds in some cases, limit the transfer of military-grade equipment to police departments & create a national database for officer misconduct allegations.
"Critically, J. Reeves emphasizes that QI "disproportionately bars justice for Black victims of government misconduct." The opinion is loaded with powerful footnotes documenting *extensive* research showing QI's egregious racially discriminatory impact."
"This decision is a landmark in both constitutional analysis and potential civil rights impact. I believe litigant and courts will be parsing this decision for years as the fate of QI is reconsidered."
Via Robyn Sanders (asst. Fed defender, PA)
9:34 PM · May 20, 2024
"In a 62-page scorcher, J. Reeves methodically incinerates #QualifiedImmunity (QI) as having "no basis in law" & being an "extra-constitutional affront." This opinion could finally spell the end for the doctrine. REQUIRED READING for all who yearn for accountability & #justice.
SCOTUSBlog's petition of the week asks: Is a prison guard entitled to #QualifiedImmunity after making a 67yo man with diabetes wounds on his ankles stand in feces-strewn shower water for 30 minutes, sending him back to #SolitaryConfinement with feces on his legs, and refusing him additional showers for a week?
(The man developed an infection and heart problems, requiring emergency surgery)
Both the trial court and the #11thCircuit ruled for the guard. #LawFedi #SCOTUS
A 17-year-old girl goes on a ride-along with a police officer, who allegedly sexually assaulted and harassed her multiple times.
Per the appellate court, the complaint described "a day-long sequence of inappropriate comments and questions punctuated by unwelcome physical sexual contacts."
The district judge - an Obama appointee! - ruled that the cop gets #QualifiedImmunity and dismissed the case.
Thankfully, this was reversed by the #7thCircuit
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/22-1550/22-1550-2023-07-05.html
I'm a bit bothered by this unpublished #11thCircuit decision released yesterday.
FL law prohibits video recording in sensitive areas. Cops got a warrant allowing video 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 of a spa where sex acts were alleged, but which was silent on 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 the video.
Cops record a man in the spa. He sues. 11th Circuit affirms a finding of #QualifiedImmunity, essentially on the logic that video recording was allowed because the warrant did not expressly prohibit it.
https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/unpub/files/202213123.pdf
Absurd.
" #SCOTUS on Tuesday turned away an Ohio man's claim that his constitutional rights were violated when he was arrested and prosecuted for making satirical posts about his local police department on Facebook."
With a renewed push for police reform, comes renewed scrutiny on the structures that shield police from being held accountable for their actions. #QualifiedImmunity makes it incredibly difficult to hold officials to account. #velshi http://ow.ly/560O50MJLzI
No more qualified immunity for #Nevada #police or #prisons. Thanks to the Nevada Supreme Court.
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/23/nevadas-top-court-says-cops-can-now-be-sued-for-rights-violations-wont-have-access-to-qualified-immunity/