Tag: qualified immunity

Dems: Don’t Defund the Police. Break Them!

Guest Post by Ann Coulter

Dems: Don't Defund the Police. Break Them!

In the left’s ongoing war on the police, their plan to strip cops of qualified immunity is among the most preposterous. The sole objective is to jam up cops and make them more passive.

Qualified immunity means a police officer can’t be sued for violating someone’s constitutional rights unless those rights are “clearly established.” Officers can still be fired. They can still be disciplined. And they can still be criminally prosecuted. They just can’t be sued by every lowlife they arrest.

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Qualified Immunity knocking on US Supreme Court’s back door!

Five years ago, a Vietnam Vet named Jose’ Oliva was assaulted by VA security officers at a hospital in El Paso. Video and witness testimony show clearly the guard assaulted him unprovoked.

Supposedly, this case will be heard in the Supreme Court very soon, if they can’t find a way out of “hearing” it.

[Maybe, they will decide Jose’ doesn’t have “standing” as a citizen?]

This article is worth a full reading for those interested in how the court system gets bogged down on legalities and forgets to use common sense.

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The System Is Rigged: Qualified Immunity Is How the Police State Stays in Power

Guest Post by John W. Whitehead

“What’s been most striking to me is just how one-sided the rules are when Americans take on their own government…. It has been dismaying to learn the extent to which rules and laws shield the government from accountability for its abuses—or even lawbreaking…. It’s been a long and frightening lesson…. The rules seem rigged to protect government lawlessness, and the playing field is uneven. Too many processes favor the government. The deck is still stacked.” —  Journalist Sharyl Attkisson

The system is rigged.

The system is rigged, the government is corrupt, and “we the people” continue to waste our strength by fighting each other rather than standing against the tyrant in our midst.

Because the system is rigged, because the government is corrupt, and because “we the people” remain polarized and divided, the police state will keep winning and “we the people” will keep losing.

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