NYPD officers are no longer protected from civil lawsuits after city council passes police reform legislation

[Zeedox]

NYPD officers are no longer protected from civil lawsuits after city council passes police reform legislation

The New York City Council passed a series of reforms for the New York Police Department on Thursday, including ending qualified immunity for officers, which protected them against civil lawsuits.

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(CNN)The New York City Council passed a series of reforms for the New York Police Department on Thursday, including ending qualified immunity for officers, which protected them against civil lawsuits.

About time. I've heard of another city also passing legislation.

 

[Gomez Adams]

And that's the way it should always have been.

The police argument has always been: if they're susceptible to lawsuits, they won't be able to do their jobs.

The reality is: since they're not susceptible to lawsuits, it's given them a green light to do anything they want without any repercussions.

Let's see how many of them "fear for their life" from an unarmed man running away from them and pump him full of lead in the back from here on out.

 

[Hugo Stiglitz]

That should be the case everywhere. You fuck up, you pay the price for it.

 

[Gomez Adams]

That should be the case everywhere. You fuck up, you pay the price for it.

Well, it is for the rest of us.

 

[Zeedox]

Any lawyer or judge has to have 8 freaking years of university work before touching the law.

Meanwhile a cop gets a gun after a six month course.

 

[Gomez Adams]

Any lawyer or judge has to have 8 freaking years of university work before touching the law.

Meanwhile a cop gets a gun after a six month course.

In many jurisdictions, it's only 12 weeks.