« FFT4 Home | Email msg. | Reply to msg. | Post new | Board info. Previous | Home | Next

U.S. Supreme Court again protects police accused of excessive force

By: clo2 in FFT4 | Recommend this post (0)
Tue, 19 Oct 21 12:48 AM | 15 view(s)
Boardmark this board | FFT4
Msg. 01358 of 16131
Jump:
Jump to board:
Jump to msg. #

U.S. Supreme Court again protects police accused of excessive force

Oct 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday signaled that it is not retreating from its inclination to grant a legal protection called "qualified immunity" to police accused in lawsuits of using excessive force, ruling in favor of officers on Monday in separate cases from California and Oklahoma.

The justices overturned a lower court's decision allowing a trial in a lawsuit against officers Josh Girdner and Brandon Vick over the 2016 fatal shooting of a hammer-wielding man in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

They also overturned a lower court's decision to deny a request by police officer Daniel Rivas-Villegas for qualified immunity in a lawsuit accusing him of using excessive force in 2016 while handcuffing a suspect in Union City, California.

The brief rulings were unsigned, with no public dissents among the justices in the cases, both decided without oral arguments.

more:
http://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-rules-police-over-excessive-force-claims-2021-10-18/


Do something positive.


- - - - -
View Replies (1) »



» You can also:
« FFT4 Home | Email msg. | Reply to msg. | Post new | Board info. Previous | Home | Next