ETC Police be sued for gross negligence can’t The Internationalist, Summer 2015, Killer Cops, White Supremacists: Racist Terror Talks Strike Black America, DOA: 10-2-16 The entire legal system is based on the recognition that the police are the first line of defense of capital. As shown by the refusal of a grand jury to indict the cops who killed Eric Garner, even in the face of irrefutable evidence, the process is rigged to ensure impunity for the police. In Balko points out that, Rise of the Warrior Cop, Postreporter the qualified immunity from civil lawsuits currently afforded to police under “Under federal law, a police officer be sued for mere negligence or even for gross can’t – negligence that results in a fatality.” Courts allowing many exceptions to warrants United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897, 922–23 (1984) (refusing to apply the exclusionary rule where police reasonably rely on a defective warrant); Davis v. United States, see also 131 S. Ct. 2419, 2424, 2429 (2011) (applying good- faith exception where police reasonably rely on appellate that is later overturned); Arizona v. “binding precedent” Evans, 514 U.S. 1, 15–16 (1995) (extend- ing good-faith exception to police reliance on court computer records); Illinois v. Krull, 480 U.S. 340, 349–50 clerk’s out-of-date (1987) (applying good-faith ex- ception where police reasonably rely on an unconstitutional statute authorizing warrantless searches).
ETC Police can’t be sued for gross negligence The Internationalist, Summer 2015, Killer Cops, White Supremacists: Racist Terror Talks Strike Black America, DOA: 10-2-16 The entire legal system is based on the recognition that the police are the first line of defense of capital. As shown by the refusal of a grand jury to indict the cops who killed Eric Garner, even in the face of irrefutable evidence, the process is rigged to ensure impunity for the police. In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Postreporter Balko points out that, “Under the qualified immunity from civil lawsuits currently afforded to police under federal law, a police officer can’t be sued for mere negligence – or even for gross negligence that results in a fatality.” Courts allowing many exceptions to warrants United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897, 922–23 (1984) (refusing to apply the exclusionary rule where police reasonably rely on a defective warrant); see also Davis v. United States, 131 S. Ct. 2419, 2424, 2429 (2011) (applying good- faith exception where police reasonably rely on “binding appellate precedent” that is later overturned); Arizona v. Evans, 514 U.S. 1, 15–16 (1995) (extend- ing good-faith exception to police reliance on court clerk’s out-of-date computer records); Illinois v. Krull, 480 U.S. 340, 349–50 (1987) (applying good-faith ex- ception where police reasonably rely on an unconstitutional statute authorizing warrantless searches).