Qualified Immunity

<p>The Ninth Circuit <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/qualifiedimmunity.pdf">reversed</a></strong> a ruling that had been granted in favor of the City of Hayward, California, and a police officer sued for excessive force by the brother of a car passenger who was shot to death. The officer is not entitled to qualified immunity for shooting at a person in a fleeing vehicle who did not “pose a danger to them or the public.” </p>

SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit reversed a ruling that had been granted in favor of the city of Hayward, California, and a police officer sued for excessive force by the brother of a car passenger who was shot to death. The officer is not entitled to qualified immunity for shooting at a person in a fleeing vehicle who did not “pose a danger to them or the public.”

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