'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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Didn't Colorado make big news a while ago for eliminating qualified immunity in the state?
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Yes, in 2020, apparently. This incident happened in 2019, so my guess is that the new law isn't applicable.
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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.
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