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Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity by runako on Thursday April 08, 2021 @09:55AM (#26738695)
> Software developers don’t have this fear

We should. A software engineer was one of a handful of people sentenced in the Volkswagen emissions scandal.

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Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity by landemva on Thursday April 08, 2021 @10:21AM (#26739016)
It was fraud, and submission of false documents to further their conspiracy. There was code involved, to further the fraud. Not a hapless software dev.
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Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity by runako on Thursday April 08, 2021 @10:47AM (#26739379)
Correct, and the push for accountability in police work isn't about punishing hapless officers. It's about creating some mechanism by which offenders like Chauvin can effectively be sanctioned in civil courts.
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