NAACP pushes for end to qualified immunity after police pepper spray Army officer
The organization is requesting a session of the state s legislature to pass the bill to end qualified immunity for all officers in the state
“The fact that an officer who is supposed to ‘protect and serve’ felt embolden enough to state this is the root of the problem. This isn’t the first officer we have seen without fear of consequences for their actions,” said
Robert
N. Barnette Jr., president of the Virginia NAACP.
The request comes after a disturbing viral video has been released of two white Windsor police officers and a Black military veteran, U.S. Army second lieutenant,
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