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jazzypantsyesterday at 7:37 PM2 repliesview on HN

I think you would find that they would make far fewer illegal mistakes if they actually had to deal with the consequences of those mistakes.

Qualified Immunity didn't exist as a concept until the 1960s, and it was put in place to shield policemen enacting racist policies and corrupt cronies of Nixon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualified_immunity


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hk1337yesterday at 7:44 PM

I think we would see far fewer actions at all for fear of being sued.

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