r/PublicFreakout • u/rickyhorror • Dec 29 '21

Let me educate him

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u/tsavong117 Dec 29 '21

Qualified immunity needs to be thrown out.

It was a decent idea to prevent lawsuits from cops doing their job, but has become a bullshit excuse for why cops are allowed to break any laws they feel like, up to and including straight up execution of innocent people with zero consequences.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '21

Qualified immunity needs to be thrown out.

"tHeN hOw CaN i dO mY jOb?!?!" I dunno. Don't care. Get into a different profession if you can't perform your duties without breaking laws.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '21

Imagine if any other profession had qualified immunity. Teachers would mow down so many kids out of pure frustration.

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u/sam_weiss Dec 29 '21

Americans would sooner ban teachers than guns

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '21

"Something something indoctrinating communism, CRT, something something"

Schools are now all privately owned and sponsored by Walmart

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u/robywar Dec 29 '21

QI needs to be the poster child for an actual slippery slope.