End Gov’t Impunity

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[End Gov’t Impunity @EndGovImpunity]

Another year of increasing U.S. police violence, often with impunity, and disproportionately impacting communities of color:

2022 - 1,176 people killed by police
2021 - 1,135
2020 - 1,127
2019 - 1,096
2018 - 1,144
2017 - 1,092
2016 - 1,070
2015 - 1,102

#EndQualifiedImmunity

[Patrick Jaicomo @pjaicomo]

On Monday, #SCOTUS relisted two @IJ cert petitions, indicating interest in the cases:

1. King v. Brownback, a police brutality case that's been to SCOTUS before, and

2. Gonzalez v. Trevino, a #FirstAmendment retaliation and #QualifiedImmunity case.

https://t.co/LELBgsN1zE

[Legal Defense Fund @NAACP_LDF]

Thurgood Marshall, LDF's founder, and the first Black Justice, was sworn into the Supreme Court #OTD in 1967.

His visionary legal work at the Legal Defense Fund was an unrivaled contribution to the Civil Rights Movement and helped change the arc of American history forever.

[The Legal Aid Society @LegalAidNYC]

NEW. NYPD stops are skyrocketing under Mayor Adams’ administration, rivaling numbers from the height of stop-and-frisk during the Giuliani years. Help protect your communities by sharing Legal Aid Society’s 'Know Your Rights' campaign: https://t.co/zoICO5gab4 #YourRightsYourPower

[NYCLU (Find us on Bluesky) @NYCLU]

As we've seen time after time in countless police departments across the country, when police are asked to police themselves, officers are rarely held accountable for misconduct.

The New York State Police is no exception.
https://t.co/JAkdaSelNn

[Legal Defense Fund @NAACP_LDF]

A federal judge denied the city of Atlanta’s appeal trying to pause the “Stop Cop City” referendum petition drive.

Organizers with the Vote to Stop Cop City coalition claim they have gathered close to 80,000 signatures.
https://t.co/kGt0DtjPI1

[National Police Accountability Project @NPAPjustice]

Under qualified immunity, courts often allow officers to justify deadly shootings on the basis of hypothetical possibilities even when there is no supporting evidence. #endQI https://t.co/VgX36eR8VV

[National Police Accountability Project @NPAPjustice]

Currently, in cases where an officer claims they used force bc a person was holding a weapon, that person has to prove that a "reasonable" officer could not have that the weapon posed a risk. This is, unfortunately, almost impossible to do. #endQI

[National Police Accountability Project @NPAPjustice]

Yesterday we filed a brief advocating to eliminate qualified immunity as a defense & make the Fourth Amendment’s objective reasonableness standard less burdensome. Here's what's that means: 🧵
#endQI

[Washington Coalition for Police Accountability @wcforpa]

The film traces the country's complex racial history that set the path for policing in Black communities – from the formation of slave patrols in the early 1700s, to the advent of Jim Crow, to the uprisings against police brutality in ... the 20th century https://t.co/k2VMCf6gy5

[ACLU of Indiana @ACLUIndiana]

Indiana’s new law suppresses free speech rights & limits police accountability.

Especially for people of color, the right to record officers is a critical tool. It is no accident that high-profile cases of police brutality have involved video recordings. https://t.co/GOgsoOL7JH

[Robert Gangi @GangiFromProp]

The NYPD has a long history of bad behavior and resisting change https://t.co/m5We5klxiu: My op ed in today’s NY Daily News: Stats/history reflect hard truth many NYers find hard to accept re its lionized #NYPD: its longtime practice of targeting & criminalizing NYers of color.

[Washington Coalition for Police Accountability @wcforpa]

A new report adds to a growing line of research showing that police departments don’t solve serious or violent crimes with any regularity, and in fact, spend very little time on crime control, in contrast to popular narratives.
https://t.co/LTh7mqVjeq

[Taya M Graham (reporter) (and trekker) @tayasbaltimore]

📢Federal Judge Declares Arizona Law Restricting Filming of Police Unconstitutional! A major victory for First Amendment rights and police transparency. #PoliceAccountability #FirstAmendment #JusticePrevails #copwatch https://t.co/IVGgP5QDfh

[The San Diego Union-Tribune @sdut]

Opinion: Qualified immunity must end to hold police accountable and restore public trust [Opinion] https://t.co/Bnxjnk3xhs

[@cerisecastle.bsky.social @cerisecastle]

The city of Compton has the highest number of @LASDHQ shootings in LA County. People whose family members have been killed have had their lives, physical and mental health, changed forever. For my latest, residents share how they've been able to survive.

https://t.co/c7L47fa7zt

[Stop LAPD Spying Coalition @stoplapdspying]

As LAPD officers negotiate a new pay contract, expect more examples like this of police holding city finances hostage.

Meanwhile, more than 2,300 of the cops covered by the pending contract were paid OVER $250,000 in 2022 payroll. More than 9,200 were paid six figures.

THREAD:

[Justice Committee (now on bsky!) @watchthecops]

Today marks 9 years since #NYPD officers murdered #EricGarner during an unconstitutional stop. We send love to @GwenCarrERIC & his family & continue to stand with them demanding all officers & city officials responsible for Eric's death & the subsequent cover-up are fired.

[Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @RepPressley]

—Ban no-knock warrants
—Ban chokeholds &
—End qualified immunity

That’s the tweet.

[ACLU of the District of Columbia @ACLU_DC]

Mental health emergencies are medical emergencies. We need trained professionals to provide support and care — not a police officer with a gun. https://t.co/jJQsDaC4kU

[Patrick Jaicomo @pjaicomo]

10th Cir. holds that some actions by govt workers are so obviously unconstitutional that #QualifiedImmunity doesn't apply. Here, that means a claim of excessive force against a police officer.

Obviousness exception for the win!

Thank you, Taylor v. Riojas and McCoy v. Alamu.