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State Chapters => NY/NJ => Topic started by: Fishrrman on March 27, 2021, 04:49:45 pm
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9408897/New-York-City-city-nation-end-qualified-immunity-police-officers.html
New York City becomes the first city in the nation to end qualified immunity for police officers after slashing NYPD budget by $1 billion amid sweeping reforms
UK Daily Mail
March 27 2021
by ADAM SCHRADER
New York City is set to become first major city in the nation to end qualified immunity for police officers after the city council voted on sweeping reforms after it slashed the NYPD's budget by $1 billion last year.
The New York City Council voted on Thursday to end qualified immunity for police officers which will open the door for them to face civil lawsuits once the bill is signed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, according to a press release.
'Together, the State and federal versions of qualified immunity have effectively prevented countless victims of police brutality and their families from obtaining financial damages and holding officers and the cities that employ them accountable,' the release reads.
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Poster's comment:
Who would want to hire out as a career NYC police officer these days...?
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"Qualified Immunity" is applied to broadly and needs to be reformed. Eliminating it is not reform. Eliminating it enables the destruction of officers doing the duty properly by malicious activists and criminals by way of frivolous lawsuits - process being the punishment.