The Supreme Court Says You Can Sue Cops Who Frame You on False Charges

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The Supreme Court Says You Can Sue Cops Who Frame You on False Charges

The previous standard barring such lawsuits made “little sense," wrote Justice Brett Kavanaugh for the majority.

reason.com

The previous standard barring such lawsuits made “little sense," wrote Justice Brett Kavanaugh for the majority.

Police officers could frame people, file bogus charges, conjure evidence out of thin air—and, in most of the U.S., they would still be immune from facing any sort of civil accountability for that malicious prosecution. Until yesterday.

There is weird juju karma happening here when I find Kavanaugh agreeing with me.

 

[Gomez Adams]

You'll most likely find you agree with him more times than not. Doesn't change the fact he's an asshole.

But then again, birds of a feather and all...

 

[Zeedox]