Re:Ford employees ask the company to stop making police cars
by rtkwe on Thursday July 09, 2020 @04:14PM
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That's what the first thing I was talking about is, the laws that only require that the officer says they were afraid and don't have a 'reasonable fear' language. Prosecutors generally don't take cases they can't win and if the office only needs to be afraid they can always say they were and there's no requirement that their fear be in any way backed up by the situation.
qualified immunity isn't the issue here. qualified immunity only protects against civil lawsuits. While it would be great if victims of police brutality can go after their attackers in civil court, the bigger issue is that prosecutors/police are refusing to go after the attackers in criminal court. Having to pay 500k in damages because you shot some unarmed black guy in the back sucks, but getting locked up for 10+ years sucks more.