Why arguments against qualified immunity reform are rubbish
Good evening y'all. Today we have a column about myths surrounding qualified immunity. This column is a part of our series on qualified immunity. For more on the project, check this out.
Why arguments against qualified immunity reform are rubbish
By Joanna Schwartz
Congressional leaders have given up on their effort to enact wide-ranging police reforms inspired by the murder of George Floyd. Throughout the negotiations, a key sticking point was a legal doctrine called qualified immunity.
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., described qualified immunity reform as a “poison pill” to negotiations, and Republicans’ refusal to support a bill limiting qualified immunity’s protections is among the reasons the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act failed.
But qualified immunity never should have been a poison pill to reform.
Today's Editorial Cartoon
Migrant caravans are on their way. Democrats need to find solutions.
By Carli Pierson
At 10 a.m., on streets lined with colorfully painted buildings in the historic downtown of Veracruz, Mexico, it's an uncomfortably hot and humid 89 degrees. The sun is blazing and there isn't a cloud in the sky.
This is not where you want to be standing all day with a hungry, exhausted toddler.
But waiting in front of the port city's National Migration Institute's offices, I counted 15 young children, ranging in ages from 2 to 13, and about 40 to 50 adults in their 20s and 30s. Most were Haitian refugees.
They were headed to the United States to apply for asylum. Thousands more are on their way, mostly from Haiti and Central America, but also Cuba, Venezuela and some African countries.
Because of the worsening global climate crisis, and political and economic instability in these countries, massive migrant caravans aren't going away anytime soon. We know that families are coming – we must partner with our North American neighbors, and find a humane way to process folks.
Our View: Memorialize officers who died by suicide after Capitol combat
By The Editorial Board
Line-of-duty death benefits are almost always granted to families of anguished soldiers who take their own lives. But outdated views within law enforcement about job-related trauma have left police organizations denying the same support to survivors of police officers who die by suicide.
Benefits were withheld for families of four officers – one from the U.S. Capitol Police and three from the Washington Metropolitan Police – who took their lives following the turmoil of defending the Capitol from violent insurrectionists on Jan. 6.
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This newsletter was compiled by Jaden Amos.