Beyond Brutality, pt. 7: Abolish or Reform? Another Discussion of Qualified Immunity
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NOTE: This Episode was recorded before the wrongful killing of Daunte Wright in Minnesota.
In light of New Mexico’s recent “abolishment” of Qualified Immunity, Aaron and Austin return to this ever-relevant issue. They take a couple of steps back to re-define and re-examine what qualified immunity is supposed to be (as opposed to how it is practiced) and why “abolish qualified immunity,” while an understandable sentiment, is probably not the most effective rallying cry, nor will it lead to good outcomes. They also explicitly go over the New Mexico bill and discuss why describing it as an “abolishment” of qualified immunity isn’t entirely accurate.
House Bill 4, the New Mexico bill that “abolishes” qualified immunity: https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/21%20Regular/bills/house/HB0004.pdf
The Dispatch on the connections between Police Brutality and the Milgram Experiment : https://thedispatch.com/p/what-a-decades-old-experiment-can
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Music from YouTube Audio Library [Aka YAL]
Music provided by RFM: https://youtu.be/hMLSa6-cXT0
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