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Ohio’s attorney general again rejects a proposed amendment to end qualified immunity
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — For the eighth time, Ohio’s Republican attorney general has rejected language to ask voters to approve a constitutional amendment to eliminate qualified immunity for… Read More
![Activists gather at the Ohio Statehouse to announce they’ve filed petitions for a ballot issue to qualified immunity for law enforcement and other public workers. The records on the ground bear the names of people killed in shootings by police officers.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/qualified_immunity_event_2-e1620140559307-900x422.jpeg)
Group Wants Voters To End Qualified Immunity In Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A group has taken the first step to asking voters next year to eliminate qualified immunity for police officers and other government employees accused in… Read More
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Supreme Court Will Not Reexamine Doctrine That Shields Police In Misconduct Suits
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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Justice Clarence Thomas dissents, saying the “qualified immunity doctrine appears to stray from the statutory text.”
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Supreme Court Weighs Qualified Immunity For Police Accused Of Misconduct
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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The court-made doctrine that makes it very difficult to sue over excessive force by police is under the microscope.