About the author. Killer Mike -- Preface -- Sonia Sotomayor -- Walking while black -- Tased, hogtied, and... -- The only way to fix qualified immunity is to end it -- Undercover and above the law -- Driving while black -- Justice Reeves - Bumper -- Call the real cops -- Hide the tea -- Take it from me, a former cop : qualified immunity must end -- Surrendering while black -- School drop-off -- The reasoning behind qualified immunity -- Unarmed and not dangerous -- Sleeping while black -- Qualified immunity? -- Search and steal -- Broken home -- A misguided experiment -- Watching TV while black -- Teddy bear -- No one is above the law -- Home, sweet home -- Two-wheeling -- A perverse irony -- Players coalition letter -- About the author.
Summary:
It happens over and over again. The culprit here, alongside the cops, is Qualified Immunity (QI), a legal principle which Reuters describes as "a nearly failsafe tool to let police brutality go unpunished and deny victims their constitutional rights." Originally intended to protect cops from being sued over good faith mistakes, courts have interpreted QI so broadly that police are shielded from accountability in all but the rarest of circumstances. Only when the exact same abusive behavior was already deemed unconstitutional by a court in the exact same jurisdiction can victims succeed in a prosecution. Above the Law recounts 12 cases in which justice was denied because of QI. The stories are accompanied by infographics, timelines, and contextualizing background to create a concise and compelling indictment of an outrageously unjust legal principle that must be changed. -- Amazon.com
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