Police oppose new plan to overhaul qualified immunity

Police oppose new plan to overhaul qualified immunity

BOSTON (SHNS) - The contentious debate over qualified immunity for police officers returned to Beacon Hill on Tuesday as law enforcement leaders forcefully pushed back against a bill that would ease the path for civil rights claims against officers in Massachusetts courts. At a Joint Committee on the Judiciary hearing, police chiefs opposed a measure that would remove the requirement that plaintiffs prove "threats, intimidation or coercion" in c…

Police oppose new plan to overhaul qualified immunity - The New Bedford Light

BOSTON — The contentious debate over qualified immunity for police officers returned to Beacon Hill this week as law enforcement leaders forcefully pushed back against a bill that would ease the path for civil rights claims against officers in Massachusetts courts. At a Joint Committee on the Judiciary hearing Tuesday, police chiefs opposed a measure that would remove the requirement that plaintiffs prove “threats, intimidation or coercion” in c…