Indiana Republican Representative Jim Banks introduced a qualified immunity bill to protect police officers from lawsuits unless he or she violated an individual’s rights. “Subjecting officers to frivolous, unending lawsuits from the same criminals they put behind bars would be a miscarriage of justice and bankrupt almost every police department in the country,” Banks explained.
From Just the News:
The legislation would codify the Supreme Court precedent set in favor of qualified immunity, which says government workers cannot be held liable in civil lawsuits for performing their duties at work. Banks previously introduced the Qualified Immunity Act in 2020, and made the bill his first in the 118th Congress.
