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I think this cop can only be condemned if it can be proven that he was knowingly doing something illegal ?
So essentially, he will just say he trusted the recognition software to be accurate and that he isn't liable for that.
As long as that kind of immunity is there it's incredibly difficult to sanction cops for stuff like that.
The suspect just doesn't look like him. I get what you mean but I think it's expected of the cop to at least review whatever it gives him. He didn't even give it a glance.
Not glancing at it is what I expect of cops, having grown up surrounded by them
My point is that it's not about competency of the cop it's about his intent. Qualified immunity can be brought down if and only if you can prove ill intent which is a very high bar to pass.
I'm no lawyer or prosecutor though so that's just my understanding of the qualified immunity in the US. It's an extremely strong shield for even the most incompetent cop that has ever existed.
I love this world where we can be arrested and jailed and have our lives ruined because cops can’t be arsed to verify whether somebody was anywhere else at the time because a machine said ”It’s him…I guess.”
What’s with the downvote barrage lemmings? Tetsuo didn’t endorse the situation, they just stated reality.
Some people really will jump off a bridge just because the person in front of them did, huh.
Don't shoot the messenger ;p
I indeed don't endorse how qualified immunity works and I commiserate with victims of police abuse that ends up losing their case because of it. It's not my fault if the system favors so heavily the cops :/