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Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity by thaumasiotes on Thursday April 08, 2021 @02:50AM (#26735847)
That would be fine if it were possible to criminally prosecute the cops.

But it isn't; only the government can do that, and they don't want to.

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Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity by lawnchair_larry on Thursday April 08, 2021 @05:43AM (#26736858)
They are doing it right now.
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Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity by Broken_Hippo on Thursday April 08, 2021 @06:09AM (#26737001)
I don't know. There is a long history of cops being "prosecuted" in court theater and being found not guilty. This is generally only in high-profile cases. It is still fairly common to simply suspend an officer or "fire" them, allowing them to get a job in another department. So common that when we investigate folks in the high-profile cases, a history of misconduct isn't a surprise.
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Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity by hellbannedguy on Thursday April 08, 2021 @06:04AM (#26736980)
This is an extremely rare event.

In this case their was abundant video.

Usually no one is around when cops are being bad, and their cop cams are always flipped off?

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