Re:As Qualified Immunity Takes Center Stage, More Delay from...
by x86_64Ubuntu on Monday June 01, 2020 @02:32PM
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>..., but the law must have been originally put in place for a reason.
The changes that got us here today do come in the late 60s, while the country was dismantling Jim Crow. I can't help but think this was used as a bulwark to ensure that even if the law of equality was enforced, social "customs" in policing could ensure that it was a moot point.
The changes that got us here today do come in the late 60s, while the country was dismantling Jim Crow. I can't help but think this was used as a bulwark to ensure that even if the law of equality was enforced, social "customs" in policing could ensure that it was a moot point.