"Qualified Immunity": A License to Commit Criminal Violence
• by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)The last argument in the officers’ arsenal was the
inexhaustibly useful doctrine of “qualified immunity,” the unfailing legal
shield of uniformed abusers. U.S.
District Court Judge Edward Lodge granted their motion to
dismiss the suit, ruling that the “takedown” was justified, and that the act of
shattering Kanda’s skull against a handrail was “unintentional.” Therefore,
according to Lodge, “a reasonable officer in the Defendant Officers’ position
could have concluded that their actions were lawful.”
