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April 4, 2018

Supreme Court Ruling Shields Police Officer Who Used Deadly Force
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Meanwhile, the Supreme Court sided Tuesday with police who use deadly
force, writing in a 7-2 decision that an Arizona police officer could
not be sued after he shot a woman to death in her own front yard. The
majority ruled the officer was entitled to "qualified immunity"-the
doctrine that police are immune from lawsuits charging excessive force.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, joined by Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, writing that the majority's decision "tells officers that they
can shoot first and think later, and it tells the public that palpably
unreasonable conduct will go unpunished."


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