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One year ago, George Floyd’s killing by police in Minneapolis sparked national outrage and focused public attention on police accountability and the legal mechanisms that allow police to evade it. Qualified immunity a doctrine created by the Supreme Court in 1982 has received particular scrutiny as a shield for lawless government officials. Rightly so.
In response, a number of states have passed legislation addressing qualified immunity, and members of Congress have introduced two bills that would curtail it: the Justice in Policing Act and the Ending Qualified Immunity Act. While there is much work to be done to end qualified immunity and restore accountability, one group has been conspicuously omitted from the discussion and proposed reforms: federal police.
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