ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoMinnesota Fraternal Order of Police just released thisimagemessage-square121linkfedilinkarrow-up1621arrow-down19file-text
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minus-squarezeppo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoThey’re not completely immune. If the action is egregious enough or unpopular enough with the public (which seems to be what they’re complaining about), police can be convicted of crimes. Derek Chauvin, for example.
minus-squarecucumberbob@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·29 days agoIt took me way too long to realise it’s the immunity that’s qualified, not the officer.
They’re not completely immune. If the action is egregious enough or unpopular enough with the public (which seems to be what they’re complaining about), police can be convicted of crimes. Derek Chauvin, for example.
It took me way too long to realise it’s the immunity that’s qualified, not the officer.