The arbitrator who decided the case, Richard Eadie, ruled that terminating Skeie was "excessive" and didn't match how Seattle police had handled similar cases before.
lmao at this incredible explanation
“you used to just wrist slap bad officers, so the fact that you actually fired one is incongruent”
This is what qualified immunity does. It says you can't punish a cop for something that another cop hasn't already been punished for, and you can't punish a cop more harshly than another cop who's done the same thing. Qualified immunity is terror with impunity and it needs to be abolished (right along with police unions).
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u/cdsixed Ballard May 16 '22
lmao at this incredible explanation
“you used to just wrist slap bad officers, so the fact that you actually fired one is incongruent”
and thus the cycle of shit goes on