Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian | Ronnie Gipson https://dailymemphian.com/feed/authors/566 The Daily Memphian is the must-read, daily online newspaper for in-depth, local journalism in Memphis and the Mid-South. Sign up for morning and evening editions, plus breaking news. (c) 2026 Opinion: Qualified immunity for police officers must be eliminated https://dailymemphian.com/article/21761 <p>&ldquo;The qualified immunity privilege serves as a cloak of protection reminiscent&nbsp;of Jim Crow laws and as a vestige of racism that perpetuates unequal&nbsp;treatment before the law. It is both bad law and bad public policy.&rdquo;</p> rrgipson@memphis.edu (Ronnie Gipson) Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/21761 Fri, 7 May 2021 04:00:02 -0500