Police reform has been at the forefront of protests the past few weeks, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The qualified immunity doctrine is getting a lot of attention. “Qualified ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The movement to increase accountability for police officers who use excessive force may have seen its most significant setback yet ...

General skepticism toward qualified immunity, the legal doctrine that makes it difficult to sue rights-violating state and local government officials, has over the years brought together weird ...

For more than half a century, so-called qualified immunity has shielded police officers from lawsuits. Now, Congress and some state houses are... How Reforming Qualified Immunity Could Transform ...

“We cannot stand idly by while rogue federal agents—emboldened by the Trump White House—ravage our communities, brutalize families, and kill our neighbors on the street in cold blood,” said Pressley.

The Fourth Circuit in a 2-1 decision reversed a district court award of qualified immunity to a police officer, finding he had violated a U.S. lieutenant's civil rights during a December 2020 traffic ...

The death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in May 2020 gave momentum to a cross-ideological effort to reform the legal defense known as "qualified immunity," which can protect cops ...

A criminal task force comprised of multiple law enforcement officers was serving a search warrant on a person suspected of distributing methamphetamine. He had spent 15 years in prison for murder and ...

When people argue about police accountability, one term keeps getting mixed up on purpose: qualified immunity. We are told that if qualified immunity is limited or ended, police officers will be ...