Created: April 28, 2021 10:49 PM
In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, calls for more police accountability grew louder. State and Congressional lawmakers have questioned qualified immunity as they push for reform.
The author of the latter, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, said in March, “We must fully end the doctrine of qualified immunity which for too long has shielded law enforcement from accountability and denied recourse for the countless families robbed of their loved ones.”
Legislation has also been introduced on the state level to end qualified immunity, including a bill introduced by Rep. John Thompson, DFL-St. Paul. On Wednesday, the Minneapolis Civil Rights Commission also addressed the issue after it was raised by Commissioner Ashley Gold.
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Minneapolis police watch a crowd of protesters, May 27, 2020 / Image: Chad Davis
A century of failed liberal attempts at policing reform in Minneapolis supports the view that none of the city council’s current proposals will prevent there from being another George Floyd.
The trial of Derek Chauvin has concluded with a guilty verdict. But the police killing of Daunte Wright in a Minneapolis suburb only weeks ago drives home that one guilty verdict doesn’t go nearly far enough. Building on the weeks-long protests that galvanized Minneapolis and the country in the summer of 2020, the demand to transform U.S. policing, not just convict so-called “bad apples,” continues to gather momentum.
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