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Re:DA, sheriff, who shared woman's nude photos on phone are ... by UncleMeat on Friday February 14, 2025 @11:21AM (#43049995)
Sadly, the existence of a good faith version of the facts isn't really necessary for qualified immunity. You basically just need the court to say "there isn't a prior case with these exact facts demonstrating that it is a constitutional violation" and you are good to go.

Even if everybody with a brain can look at the facts and say "well that's obviously a violation of rights" the court can happily say "nope there is some minor factual delta that means that we haven't explicitly ruled on this exact circumstance so how could a cop ever know that they were violating rights?"

Re:DA, sheriff, who shared woman's nude photos on phone are ... by collingreen on Friday February 14, 2025 @03:58PM (#43053013)
It's wild that ignorance of the law is ONLY an excuse for trained law enforcement. The rest of us do not get that leeway.