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  • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Bad Elk v. United States, however, upon further reading, this has been all but overturned by pretty much every state during the backlash against the Civil Rights Movement, under the reason that you should sue if you're unlawfully arrested. But then qualified immunity happened. So I retract my statement. Cops can do whatever they want to you and you have no legal recourse. The only way any cop will receive any punishment is if enough media attention is given to that case.

      • BarnieusCalgar [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        It's less "rollback" & more "deliberate assault on established precedent", because the Bad Elk v United States case happened in 1900.

    • Changeling [it/its]
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      1 year ago

      The only way any cop will receive any punishment is if enough media attention is given to that case.

      And you have to have global protests which involve burning down several police stations in order for then to consider convicting even a single one.