The courts understand that they (and the Police) have a legitimacy problem. As legitimacy deteriorates, the number and size of protests increases, which can reach a tipping point where there aren't enough police to push back.
This is exactly the problem we faced in Iraq as our tactics only increased the size and power of the insurgency.
> disregard or violate the order will be considered a violation of “a clearly established constitutional right” and therefore won’t shield the officer through the legal doctrine of qualified immunity.
Thanks for catching this! I can’t believe they buried it; that belongs in the headline, I would think, but it was already contextually overloaded as it is.
JamesLeonis|5 years ago
This is exactly the problem we faced in Iraq as our tactics only increased the size and power of the insurgency.
> disregard or violate the order will be considered a violation of “a clearly established constitutional right” and therefore won’t shield the officer through the legal doctrine of qualified immunity.
Revoking Qualified Immunity is the lede.
aspenmayer|5 years ago
Thanks for catching this! I can’t believe they buried it; that belongs in the headline, I would think, but it was already contextually overloaded as it is.