A N.Y. Times editorial in favor of changing the "qualified immunity" given to police officers:
The Supreme Court has justified its creation by arguing that officials need “breathing room” to make “reasonable but mistaken judgments about open legal questions.” That’s true, but the police already enjoy many protections for their actions, especially in situations where they make split-second decisions.
In practice, qualified immunity has become what Justice Sonia Sotomayor has called an “absolute shield” that “tells officers that they can shoot first and think later, and it tells the public that palpably unreasonable conduct will go unpunished.”
Read the entire editorial HERE.
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