If things are to change the police cannot be insulated from legal repercussions. FMTNews Police
A demonstrator is taken into custody by police on June 1 near the White House in Washington.
The high court’s adoption of the qualified immunity doctrine has largely shielded police from financial settlements for victims or grieving families. “This pattern continues because police are legally, politically and culturally insulated … That must change so that these incidents stop happening.”
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