'Qualified immunity' shields Colorado cop who escalated argument and tasered man in hospital room
'Qualified immunity' shields Colorado cop who escalated argument and tasered man in hospital room
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FTP
Didn't Colorado make big news a while ago for eliminating qualified immunity in the state?
Yes, in 2020, apparently. This incident happened in 2019, so my guess is that the new law isn't applicable.
The first paragraph does a good job of setting the scene.
A Colorado Springs officer acted reasonably by grabbing and repeatedly tasing a man in a hospital room for not relinquishing his fiancée's cell phone, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Friday.