The worst part is that in the rare cases that the cops might possibly be held accountable beyond qualified immunity, juries also like to give them a pass because they l can relate more to a sad cop’s excuse of being afraid more than some corpse that can’t speak for themselves.
And in the very rare case it looks like the police officers will actually face accountability, SCOTUS is there to say it can’t pass Qualified Immunity because the police officers laughed while they did it instead of chuckled.
The worst part is that in the rare cases that the cops might possibly be held accountable beyond qualified immunity, juries also like to give them a pass because they l can relate more to a sad cop’s excuse of being afraid more than some corpse that can’t speak for themselves.
And in the very rare case it looks like the police officers will actually face accountability, SCOTUS is there to say it can’t pass Qualified Immunity because the police officers laughed while they did it instead of chuckled.