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California Supreme Court repeals decades of rulings shielding police from lawsuits (www.sfchronicle.com)

submitted 1 year ago by QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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Qualified immunity is a legal principle that has made it very difficult for people to be able to hold police (and other govt officials) accountable even in the most obvious cases of misconduct.

This ruling is fairly specific, it allows police to be sued for misconduct stemming from their conduct during investigations.

Even then, this is still a major win for Californians against police misconduct.

Archived link: https://web.archive.org/web/20230623023342/https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/california-police-lawsuits-18166411.php

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but USSC is going to shit all over the ruling on appeal. We need legislation to abolish qualified immunity.