February 26, 2021 at 12:02 PM
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So, here’s where we’re at in the Fifth Circuit: cops can literally set a person on fire and walk away from it.
Judge Don Willett’s incendiary comments opposing qualified immunity notwithstanding, civil rights litigation still remains a sucker bet in the Fifth Circuit, where cops are granted judicial forgiveness more frequently than they are in any other judicial circuit.
Here’s the latest depressing read from the Appeals Court, which can’t talk itself into removing this shield from officers who tased a suicidal man after he covered himself in gasoline, turning a potential suicide into an actual homicide.
Fifth Circuit Says Tasing A Person Soaked In Gasoline And Setting Them On Fire Isn t An Unreasonable Use Of Force
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Supreme Court Rolls Back Another Horrible Qualified Immunity Decision By The Fifth Circuit
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A group of South Texas ocelots is teetering on the edge of extinction and environmentalists asked the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday to force the government to redo its analysis of how the cats will be affected by two natural gas projects.
Female ocelot on the branch (Credit: Tambako the Jaguar, licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0)
HOUSTON (CN) Ocelots inhabiting scrubland at the tip of Texas loomed large in a Fifth Circuit hearing Wednesday, as environmental groups assailed the government’s approval of liquid natural gas projects they say will imperil the endangered cats.
Ocelots live throughout Central and South America. Texans are often surprised to learn the tropical cat is native to the state.