The legislation would create a cause of action in state courts to sue a police officer who “subjects or causes to be subjected any other person to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the federal or state constitution or laws."
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The legislation would create a cause of action in state courts to sue a police officer who “under color of law, subjects or causes to be subjected, including failing to intervene, any other person to the deprivation of any individual rights that create binding obligations on government actors secured by the Bill of Rights, Article I of the state constitution.”
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The legislation would create a cause of action in state courts to sue a police officer who subjects or causes to be subjected any individual to a deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Minnesota constitution or the U.S. Constitution.
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The legislation would create a cause of action in state courts to sue a peace officer who “under the color of law, deprived the person of or caused the person to be deprived of a right, privilege, or immunity secured by the Texas Constitution."
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HB1025 specifies that qualified immunity is not a defense in cases brought under this statute.
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In effect, the passage of HB430 would create an alternative path to address violations of rights in state court with no qualified immunity hurdle to clear.
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If they can violate your rights and get away with it - because they said so - you never really had any rights in the first place.
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The bill specifically abolishes “qualified immunity” as a defense.
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A bill introduced in the Rhode Island House would create a process to sue police officers and government officials in state court for the deprivation of individual rights without the possibility of “qualified immunity” as a defense.
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HB1025 specifies that qualified immunity is not a defense in cases brought under this statute.
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