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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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1. The change of the tide for qualified immunity

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Fri Sep 18, 2020, 09:02 AM

Sep 2020

There has been a slow revolution against the old status quo: 'The Law is where you decide to skip dinner and a movie with family and friends so you can take the money, buy a gun and badge with it and give those to another person so he can point the gun at your head and use the badge to shield himself from your complaints.'

Maybe not so slow anymore.

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