Opinion: Qualified immunity for police officers must be eliminated
Guest Columnist
Ronnie Gipson
Ronnie Gipson, who teaches at the University of Memphis School of Law, litigated constitutional due-process claims in his prior career as an attorney. As a professor, he continues to address constitutional law issues in his classroom, scholarship and research.
“The qualified immunity privilege serves as a cloak of protection reminiscent of Jim Crow laws and as a vestige of racism that perpetuates unequal treatment before the law. It is both bad law and bad public policy.”
Topics
George Floyd Qualified immunityRelated stories
Differences emerge in police reform
Two conversations about police reform show the more detailed the proposed reforms become, the more differences they reveal.
MPD adds excessive force data to city website
Memphis Police Department launches new dashboard with use-of-force data to promote police transparency and accountability.