qualified immunity

A federal appeals court panel has ordered Ohio’s attorney general to move forward on a proposed constitutional amendment that would end qualified immunity for police and other government employees.

For the eighth time, Ohio’s attorney general has rejected a proposal that would eliminate qualified immunity for police officers and other government employees accused in shootings or other actions.

In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, host Steve Brown discusses the effort to end qualified immunity for government employees in Ohio. An initiative called Accountability Ohio Now filed paperwork this week to get the issue on the ballot next year.

A group has taken the first step to ask voters next year to eliminate qualified immunity for police officers and other government employees accused of shootings or other actions.

The bill, which would ban chokeholds and eliminate qualified immunity for law enforcement, now advances to the Senate.

The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has re-opened the door for a wrongful death lawsuit against Columbus Police officers Zachary Rosen and Jason Bare,…

A federal appeals court ruled a Columbus Police officer is protected by qualified immunity after pepper-spraying a protester in 2017. Qualified immunity…

A poll conducted in mid-June found that most respondents thought police officers should be held legally accountable for misconduct. But few respondents favored cutting funding for law enforcement.

Justice Clarence Thomas dissents, saying the "qualified immunity doctrine appears to stray from the statutory text."

After nearly three weeks of protests, several police departments have already moved to make reforms, but when it comes to sweeping national change, it's not clear how far Washington will go.