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Re:As Qualified Immunity Takes Center Stage, More Delay from... by gowld on Monday June 01, 2020 @02:56PM (#23382273)
> shields police

shields police officers, not police departments.

The part I don't understand is that does QI prevent or chill suing departments (which have more money than officers), who then could sue officers for exceeded their job duties?

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Re:As Qualified Immunity Takes Center Stage, More Delay from... by alasdair_ on Monday June 01, 2020 @03:18PM (#23382524)
Suing the department just means the taxpaying public (who are generally the injured party in the first place) end up paying more in taxes to cover the cost of the lawsuits and the police department continues unscathed.
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