Castro has called for reforming and restricting the 'qualified immunity' defense for law enforcement officers in the policing reform plan he released on Monday.
Congress has not tried to tackle qualified immunity in legislation, Fallon said, and it has expanded while Justice John Roberts has been the Supreme Court chief justice,"preventing victims of police brutality from getting justice."
n the case of the 2010 police shooting of Amy Hughes outside her home. The court ruled last year that the officer was immune from being sued. She wrote it “sends an alarming signal to law enforcement and the public. It tells officers that they can shoot first and think later; and tells the public that palpably unreasonable conduct will go unpunished.”
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