The second case bothers me: The guy was cornered and hiding in a garage. There was no need to rush in and tangle with him immediately. A bit of patience and a qualified negotiator would probably have saved his life, or just back out and wait patiently. But with qualified immunity on your side, the cowboys can just rush in & kill him:
Josh Girdner (left), Chase Reed (center), Brandon Vick (right)
Supreme Court sides with police officers seeking ‘qualified immunity’ in two use-of-force cases
18 October 2021
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Josh Girdner (left), Chase Reed (center), Brandon Vick (right)
Supreme Court sides with police officers seeking ‘qualified immunity’ in two use-of-force cases
18 October 2021
The other case involved a 2016 police incident in which the ex-wife of Dominic Rollice told 911 that her former husband was drunk in her garage and refusing to leave. Three officers from the Tahlequah, Oklahoma, Police Department showed up: Josh Girdner, Chase Reed and Brandon Vick. They asked to pat Rollice down for weapons, but he refused, and then turned away from the officers and grabbed a hammer from the garage, according to bodycam footage. Rollice grasped the hammer with both hands and raised it to shoulder level, and refused to drop it when officers shouted for him to ...
Supreme Court sides with police officers seeking 'qualified immunity' in two use-of-force cases
Police reform advocates have called for an end to qualified immunity, arguing it insulates officers from accountability for wrongdoing.