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Police 'qualify' for immunity in recent cases

The police have a difficult job. Recognizing the problems that law enforcement personnel face, the courts tend to cut them some slack when their actions are challenged in civil lawsuits by claimants of alleged abuse. The doctrine of "qualified immunity" is a judicially created principle that shields the police from claims of use of excessive ...

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