What happens if police officers lose qualified immunity?

The Search & Seizure Show by Anthony Bandiero

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Alright, guys, today's questions is so important. It's important to every single officer watching my videos and those that watch my videos. It is what happens if we lose qualified immunity? Right? It's on your mind. I know it is. And if you've already lost qualified immunity in some of the states like Colorado and so forth in New York, New Mexico, right, then what does that mean? Okay, well, first of all, let's get down to it. What is qualified immunity qualified immunity is a judicially created doctrine that protects officers from lawsuits when the issue is not clearly established under the law. In other words, officers oftentime make decisions in the field, constitutional decisions that are not quite black and white, you know that ... 

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