QUALIFIED
IMMUNITY




IMMUNITY

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QUALIFIED IMMUNITY RELATED TOPICS

WHAT IS QUALIFIED IMMUNITY?

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IMMUNITY




Generally, freedom from legal obligation to perform actions or to
suffer penalties, as in "immunity from prosecution". Specific types
of immunity are separately defined and discussed.



Diplomatic immunity

Federal Tort Claims Act

Immunity from prosecution

Sovereign immunity

wex



Diplomatic immunity
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/Diplomatic_immunity

Wex
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex?title=Federal_Tort_Claims_Act&action=edit



Immunity
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/immunity



QUALIFIED
IMMUNITY

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/qualified_immunity




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QUALIFIED
IMMUNITY




Law enforcement personnel expose themselves to risks every day. Those
risks include the possibility of being sued civilly for something they
did while performing law enforcement duties. While acting in the scope
of their employment, federal, state, and local officers can be sued for
intentionally violating a person’s constitutional rights.



Qualified Immunity
How It Protects Law Enforcement Officers

https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/legal-digest/legal-digest-qualified-immunity-how-it-protects-law-enforcement-officers



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IMMUNITY
RELATED
TOPICS




Absolute immunity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_immunity

Ignorantia juris non excusat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignorantia_juris_non_excusat

Sovereign immunity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_immunity



QUALIFIED
IMMUNITY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualified_immunity




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WHAT IS
QUALIFIED
IMMUNITY?




Qualified immunity is a judicially created legal principle that protects
state and local government officials from being sued for their actions
in civil court. First developed by the U.S. Supreme Court during the 1960s,
the application of qualified immunity has been criticized by those who say
it allows for and even encourages the use of excessive force by police.



What Is Qualified Immunity?
Definition and Examples

https://www.thoughtco.com/qualified-immunity-definition-and-examples-5081905



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QUALIFIED
IMMUNITY
LINKS




End Qualified Immunity
https://www.cato.org/qualified-immunity

FIVE TIMES POLICE USED QUALIFIED IMMUNITY
TO GET AWAY WITH MISCONDUCT AND VIOLENCE

https://www.naacpldf.org/qi-police-misconduct/

For cops who kill, special
Supreme Court protection

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-police-immunity-scotus/

How Qualified Immunity Hurts Law Enforcement
https://www.cato.org/study/how-qualified-immunity-hurts-law-enforcement

How the Supreme Court
Protects Police Officers

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/police-misconduct-consequences-qualified-immunity/672899/

Qualified Immunity
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/publications/insights-on-law-and-society/volume-21/issue-1/qualified-immunity/

Qualified Immunity
https://www.ncsl.org/civil-and-criminal-justice/qualified-immunity

Qualified Immunity: Explained
https://theappeal.org/the-lab/explainers/qualified-immunity-explained/

What is qualified immunity?
https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2021/04/30/what-is-qualified-immunity

What is Qualified Immunity for Police
Officers? These Six Cases Are Being
Discussed By the Supreme Court

https://www.newsweek.com/what-qualified-immunity-police-officers-these-six-cases-are-being-discussed-supreme-court-1509484

What is ‘qualified immunity’ for police
and why are there calls to end it?

https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2020/what-is-qualified-immunity-for-police-and-why-are-there-calls-to-end-it/

Why can police officers be immune from a lawsuit?
https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/connect-the-dots/qualified-immunity-police-officers/275-9cbdef07-7f71-4d68-84e9-2f08828c7fe7



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Fact-Checking
https://www.poynter.org/category/fact-checking/




Foundations Magazine
http://www.foundationsmag.com/index.html




The Anti-Defamation League
https://www.adl.org/




Eurovoc
http://eurovoc.europa.eu/




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