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Amash readying legislation allowing victims to sue officers
clickondetroit ^ | June 4th | Grant Hermes

Posted on 06/05/2020 8:46:19 AM PDT by RandFan

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – In a letter to congressional colleagues, Libertarian Rep. Justin Amash (MI-3) said he'll be introducing a bill to do away with the law that protects police officers from being sued while doing their jobs.

Sparked by the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, Amash said it was time for congress to open-up individual officers to legal punishments who use brutal tactics on suspects.

“This pattern continues because police are legally, politically, and culturally insulated from consequences -- that must change so that these incidents of brutality stop happening" the Congressman wrote.

“He's going to try to push it through the Judiciary Committee but I have my doubts as to whether that will ever happen,” Professor Peter Henning said. Henning teaches criminal law and professional responsibility at Wayne State University.

“Immunity has been part of the system since the mid-1960s,” he said. “Getting rid of absolute immunity for police officers is going to be very, very, very difficult.”

And that difficulty Henning says could shield the former officers in Minneapolis, including former officer Derek Chauvin who was charge with second-degree murder after kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than 8 minutes.

“We're going to see that police officer, being charged with a crime,” Henning said. “But can he interpose absolute immunity? The answer to that question may well be yes.”

Amash’s, a former Republican, bill already has support from some of the most liberal members of the House of Representatives, including Rep. Ayanna Pressley (MA-7) and Michigan delegation colleague Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-13).

The bill also has a senatorial counterpart introduced by Sen. Corey Booker although the President has signaled in the past he would not sign a bill which would erode protection for officers in the line of duty.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: amash; antiamericanism; excerpt; house; liberalagenda; michigan; palestinian; police
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To: Meatspace

The problem is the courts hold the department responsible.

Errors and omission insurance or Malpractice a great idea, but the cops feel protected by their jurisdictions.


21 posted on 06/05/2020 9:08:16 AM PDT by stuckincali
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To: RandFan

Amash has gone out of his way to demonstrate what a complete anal orifice he is, and how much he has surrendered to the likes of lawlessness and anarchy. He is despicable and should be booted out of office and hounded out of this country.


22 posted on 06/05/2020 9:11:19 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: stuckincali

and cops are protected by this in California

https://porac.org/resources/peace-officers-bill-of-rights/


23 posted on 06/05/2020 9:11:27 AM PDT by stuckincali
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To: BatGuano
Let’s tie the cops’ hands, take their guns, defund the force and see what happens. Especially in the “Murder City,” Detroit. Mayhem.

The cops will simply take a page out of the USSR play book.

"They pretend to pay us and we pretend to work."

24 posted on 06/05/2020 9:12:43 AM PDT by usurper ( version)
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To: RandFan

That should be a really great incentive for recruiting quality police officers. In the future, the only people who will apply for cop jobs are the minimum pay power hungry bullies.


25 posted on 06/05/2020 9:14:29 AM PDT by allwrong57
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To: DoodleDawg

The departments will just have pay them to liability insurance.


26 posted on 06/05/2020 9:15:48 AM PDT by Oldexpat (Stand strong VA.)
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To: RandFan

There is no pattern of brutality by police. There is a pattern of lawlessness, violence and resisting arrest by blacks. DOJ numbers prove it beyond doubt. This Losertarian jackass needs to take a hike.


27 posted on 06/05/2020 9:23:09 AM PDT by Bayan
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To: Bayan; All

@justinamash

Excited to announce that @RepPressley will co-lead the bill to end qualified immunity. We’ll work relentlessly to build support within Congress for this critical legislation. Police must be held accountable when they violate people’s rights.

https://twitter.com/justinamash/status/1268353415295500289


Who’s Pressly?


28 posted on 06/05/2020 9:29:20 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

A communist:

https://pressley.house.gov/about


29 posted on 06/05/2020 9:32:41 AM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: RandFan

I have supported the abolition of Qualified Immunity for 30 years.

It’s an abomination designed to protect not only cops, but every politician too. And prosecutors. And judges.

For instance: The mayors and governors and cops who are refusing to enforce the law and allowing our cities to burn, can never be held responsible.

They can conspire with antifa and BLM to burn our cities and never been held to account in the people’s courts.


30 posted on 06/05/2020 9:33:52 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: RandFan

Damn the schools of this “mememe” generation! Not teaching them how to learn, and parents are not teaching command sense by “example”.


31 posted on 06/05/2020 9:35:44 AM PDT by TrumpisRight (It is --> President Trump <--)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

32 posted on 06/05/2020 9:36:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: RandFan

Makes no sense to sue the police officer, most usually aren’t extraordinarily wealthy people whereas state and municipal bank accounts are endlessly funded.


33 posted on 06/05/2020 9:37:25 AM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: Oldexpat
The departments will just have pay them to liability insurance.

Do that and people will sue the cops and still sue the Department and the local government. You're just increasing their payout.

34 posted on 06/05/2020 9:40:20 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: RandFan
Libertarian Rep. Justin Amash would never give up his immunity... Can he be sued for not keeping his oath of office? Some of these gods of the ‘law’ sure are hypocrites.
35 posted on 06/05/2020 9:41:30 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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To: Oldexpat

Do the cops or departments want to pay 60K+ a year liability insurance per officer? Doubtful..


36 posted on 06/05/2020 9:44:41 AM PDT by Thommas
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To: RandFan

Of course federal law enforcement is included.


37 posted on 06/05/2020 9:48:04 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised but It Will Be Livestreamed)
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To: Nateman
Except he is a Republican that, became an Independent, and claims to be a Libertarian.

In other words, he can't make up his mind what he wants to be when he grows up. 8>)

38 posted on 06/05/2020 9:54:23 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: RandFan

how about officers being allowed to sue those who injure them?


39 posted on 06/05/2020 10:06:13 AM PDT by euram
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To: Lurking Libertarian

“Qualified immunity is a doctrine created by federal courts, which applies only to federal cases under 42 U.S.C. 1983 (suits against state officers for violating federal constitutional rights).”

Thanks for injecting facts. Qualified immunity needs to go.

L


40 posted on 06/05/2020 10:10:22 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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