"Qualified immunity" is one of the biggest conundrums in American Constitutional Law today.
While everyone might see a violation of civil rights, often on video today, SCOTUS decrees that there will be no justice in The Qualified Immunity Era. As a result, some advocate to "end qualified immunity".
However, it is as much error for citizens to advocate for elimination of qualified immunity as it is error for our Supreme Court to deny remedy and deterrence when rights have clearly been violated. Civil society requires laws, and law enforcement, and law enforcement requires some form of immunity when merited...it just cannot remain complete absolution when rights are violated.
This book reconciles constitutional civil rights protections with the historic common law defense of law enforcement rooted in probable cause in new, innovative ways to make protections of citizens compatible with legitimate protections of officers.
The future of civil rights law will be shaped by the innovations in this brilliant book. A must read for anyone interested in justice when civil rights are violated, and for anyone in law, and law enforcement, who deals with citizens and their civil rights.