New York City

I hate bad cops. I think qualified immunity should all but be abolished.
Taking the counter argument, what would happen then if a cop thinks his intervention would result in a perp getting killed? Maybe he would let you be killed to stave off that potential.
 
Not playing the stupid semantics game. Hurr durr it wasn’t murder
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Taking the counter argument, what would happen then if a cop thinks his intervention would result in a perp getting killed? Maybe he would let you be killed to stave off that potential.

It’s become overly broad. It’s emboldened bad, or inept, law enforcement to blatantly violate peoples rights because they know they are almost guaranteed to be protected. In your instance it seems likely immunity would be justified. I think there are other instances where the officer should have immunity but the government still be held responsible, mainly property damages. No doubt they have a difficult job but the bad ones need more accountability.
 
It’s become overly broad. It’s emboldened bad, or inept, law enforcement to blatantly violate peoples rights because they know they are almost guaranteed to be protected. In your instance it seems likely immunity would be justified. I think there are other instances where the officer should have immunity but the government still be held responsible, mainly property damages. No doubt they have a difficult job but the bad ones need more accountability.
This is just like the old joke. To paraphrase: 'Now that we have established what you are, we are haggling over the price.'

I guess that is why we have lawyers.

There are bad eggs everywhere, in every profession. (See the story about the ass clown pilot that just got arrested?) Some on here want to condemn them all due to the bad ones' actions. That will make the good ones leave and the concentration of bad ones will only get worse. I can't imagine why anyone would want to be a cop in a place like NYC.
 
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