One of the challenges of doing civil rights work is that it's like if, once a week, you met Bigfoot for coffee. You can plainly state the facts under which qualified immunity was granted and people simply won't believe you, it can't be true. But it is. - ThreadSky

maxkennerly.bsky.social • 107 days ago

One of the challenges of doing civil rights work is that it's like if, once a week, you met Bigfoot for coffee. You can plainly state the facts under which qualified immunity was granted and people simply won't believe you, it can't be true. But it is.

Reposted from Joshua Erlich

what the fuck are we even doing

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anyabernstein.bsky.social•107 days ago

Yep. I think my students think I’m kidding when I touch on qualified immunity, the demise of Bivens, etc.

andrealcsw.bsky.social•107 days ago

They were just out hunting.

missy85.bsky.social•107 days ago

And the actual excuse is that if we hold them accountable for this murder, then they might hesitate when I comes time for the next one. Unbelievable.

schwemm.bsky.social•107 days ago

too woke to be true

mbowen.bsky.social•107 days ago

This reminds me women don’t trust a car with “cop lights” to pull is over. Especially at night. Men have used fake lights & insignias to rape or harm women. Women have been harmed or arrested bc they can’t trust who they’re dealing with.

aaronblackshear.bsky.social•107 days ago

They want everyone to bow down to them for doing a supposedly dangerous job, while doing things like this whenever they think there is a chance of danger. If you want all that respect, accept the goddamn (in this case non-existent) danger instead of immediately killing someone

brewergnome.bsky.social•107 days ago

It’s generally safe to assume they could stand in the public square, announce that they know you are unarmed and innocent and then shoot you, and still get immunity

orthofirebrand.bsky.social•107 days ago

I remember back when I was a public defender and the New York Times went completely Raging insane over the warrantless wiretaps. I had a stack of 500 cases on my desk, not a single one featured a search warrant. Among the juiciest ones were women who were strip-searched by male officers.

flgreeny.bsky.social•107 days ago

Hope the cops are charged. Outrageous.

hvs.bsky.social•107 days ago

@radleybalko.bsky.social shattered my naïveté many years ago.

david.uncensored.zip•107 days ago

it so insane people refuse to believe it. Like when you explain actual republican policies to voters, they don't think its real

mikecherry.bsky.social•107 days ago

SCOTUS has handed down a LOT of shitty decisions since its inception, but qualified immunity has absolutely got to be in the top 3.

grumpyfinfan.bsky.social•107 days ago

If someone really wants to change something that must be changed is that damned qualified immunity that seemingly gives the bad cops carte Blanche to do whatever the hell they want to do. It's getting better..but tell that to the families of these people killed over a traffic stop.

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