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Simonich: Cherry Garcia Creators Have No Taste For Qualified Immunity

Simonich: Cherry Garcia Creators Have No Taste For Qualified Immunity
By MILAN SIMONICH
This story of political activism has two big names Ben and Jerry.
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield found fame by making ice cream. Now their interest is in making law, nationally and in New Mexico.
Ben and Jerry appeared Tuesday on an internet news conference with members of a half-dozen groups that support House Bill 4, which proponents also call the New Mexico Civil Rights Act.
It would bar the defense of qualified immunity in state courts when people sue a government agency on claims of abuse by police officers or other public employees. ....

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Overhauled New Mexico Civil Rights Bill Would Cap Damages Filed Against Government Agencies At $2 Million

Overhauled Civil Rights Bill Would Cap Damages Filed Against Government Agencies At $2 Million In New Mexico
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Two Santa Fe Police officers escort a man in December at the intersection of Cerrillos Road and St. Michael’s Drive. Photo by Luis Sánchez Saturno/SFNM
By DANIEL J. CHACÓN
SFNM
An overhauled civil rights bill that would prohibit “qualified immunity” as a defense to legal claims filed against government agencies would cap damages at $2 million, a change intended to assuage concerns about potentially crippling financial impacts on local governments.
In another major change to a revised version of House Bill 4, introduced Friday, legal claims brought under the proposed New Mexico Civil Rights Act could only be filed against a government agency, not an individual employee. ....

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Overhauled civil rights bill would cap damages at $2 million in New Mexico

Luis Sánchez Saturno/Santa Fe New Mexican
Two Santa Fe Police officers escort a man in December at the intersection of Cerrillos Road and St. Michael’s Drive.
An overhauled civil rights bill that would prohibit “qualified immunity” as a defense to legal claims filed against government agencies would cap damages at $2 million, a change intended to assuage concerns about potentially crippling financial impacts on local governments.
In another major change to a revised version of House Bill 4, introduced Friday, legal claims brought under the proposed New Mexico Civil Rights Act could only be filed against a government agency, not an individual employee. ....

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