US Supreme Court grants police wide immunity when using excessive force

in political •  7 years ago 

 "The US Supreme Court established an interpretation of qualified immunity this week that effectively grants police legal impunity to use lethal force at will. The court ruled 7 to 2 on Monday that an Arizona police officer who shot a woman outside her own home from the other side of a fence could not be sued on claims that he used excessive force.The case, Kisela v. Hughes, goes beyond previous cases of its kind. The court’s decision was unsigned and issued without a full briefing or oral argument, indicating the majority found the decision easy to come to."

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without jurisdiction there is not immunity. I would like to believe if the cop would have been inside of her gate then the opinion would have been different. but who knows? the fascist will be fascist.