'I had my flashers on,' the woman told the officer. 'I didn't feel like it was safe.'
The doctrine of qualified immunity has been used to protect police from civil lawsuits and trials. Here's why it was put in place.An Arkansas woman says she had no safe place to pull over in July 2020 when a state trooper tried to stop her for speeding, so she turned on her hazard lights and slowed down. Moments later, the officer rammed her vehicle, causing it to flip over and injuring the woman, who was pregnant at the time, according to a May lawsuit.
When Dunn initially walked over to her vehicle, Harper told Dunn she didn’t pull over right away because she didn’t perceive it was safe to do so, according to dashboard cam footage.Harper doubled down on her decision when Dunn insisted she should have pulled over sooner, according to dashboard cam footage.The lawsuit says the Arkansas Driver License Study Guide tells motorists that hazards can be used to indicate a driver is seeking a safe place to stop when being pulled over by police.
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