In this video I explain what Qualified Immunity and why it fails at life. In case you actually care to understand what Qualified Immunity is. It is a defense to civil (I.e., not criminal) civil rights lawsuits against government officers (mostly police). It’s a work of legislation from the bench by the SCOTUS first issued in 1967. But in reality it’s a confusing failure which nobody understands. A recent Yale Law Journal study found that out of 1,183 lawsuits against police officers over a period of 2 years in 5 different federal courts, found that the defense was only raised 37% of the time, and even then only ended in dismissal of the case in 3.6% of those cases. Almost none of the rest of the 1,183 cases resulted in any police officer even having to contribute to awards against them, even where the officer was fired or prosecuted. Ironically, much of the country is debating whether Qualified Immunity is the problem. It’s a problem in that it’s a pointless, confusing and failed example of judicial activism. It should be addressed, but it has absolutely zero to do with George Floyd. READ MORE: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2020/06/22/what-is-qualified-immunity-and-why-does-it-fail-at-life/ thecivilrightslawyer.com