States tackling 'qualified immunity' for police as Congress squabbles over the issue
The fight in Congress to reform how the nation's police officers go about their jobs has reinvigorated a discussion over so-called "qualified immunity," a controversial federal doctrine that protects officers accused of violating the Constitution while on duty. [Source]
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