Police officers are already protected by the Supreme Court’s “Reasonable Standard” decision. Reasonable errors are not ...

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are trying to negotiate a bipartisan bill to reform federal policing laws, and qualified immunity is a key sticking point. Qualified immunity protects government officials, ...

Last week's decision by a Kentucky grand jury to indict only one of three officers involved in a botched police raid that ended in the death of Breonna Taylor was, as so many things are these days, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Prompted by a stinging defeat at the U.S. Supreme Court, Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Tuesday said he was putting aside his objections and allowing a proposed ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Qualified immunity for police officers was a hot-button issue on Beacon Hill in 2020 during the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, and lawmakers are debating similar policies ...

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a Vermont state police sergeant is entitled to qualified immunity in a lawsuit brought by a protester who said she was injured when an officer used a wristlock ...

The contentious debate over qualified immunity for police officers returned to Beacon Hill as law enforcement leaders forcefully pushed back against a bill that would ease the path for civil rights ...

It’s been more than five years since the death of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer and more than four years since Massachusetts passed a police reform law spurred by that ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six days after 37-year-old Minneapolis mom and wife Renee Good’s shooting death by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, Massachusetts congressional lawmakers Sen. Ed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Qualified Immunity (QI) says that if a government official, including a police officer, violates your legal rights, the official ...