{"product_id":"above-the-law-how-qualified-immunity-protects-violent-police-9781682192573","title":"Above the Law: How \"Qualified Immunity\" Protects Violent Police","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- A police officer kills a twelve-year-old boy. It's caught on video. The officer gets off.\u003cbr\u003e- A police officer strangles a man selling cigarettes. It's caught on video. The officer gets off.\u003cbr\u003e- A police officer shoots a man in his car. It's live-streamed. The officer gets off.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt happens over and over again. The culprit here, alongside the cops, is Qualified Immunity (QI), a legal principle which Reuters describes as \"a nearly failsafe tool to let police brutality go unpunished and deny victims their constitutional rights.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOriginally intended to protect cops from being sued over good faith mistakes, courts have interpreted QI so broadly that police are shielded from accountability in all but the rarest of circumstances. Only when the exact same abusive behavior was already deemed unconstitutional by a court in the exact same jurisdiction can victims succeed in a prosecution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbove the Law\u003c\/em\u003e recounts 12 cases in which justice was denied because of QI. The stories are accompanied by infographics, timelines, and contextualizing background to create a concise and compelling indictment of an outrageously unjust legal principle that must be changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e OR Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682192573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Ben Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40085296840885,"sku":"9781682192573","price":11.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_90b72bae-a39e-4dd8-bf16-678b807125cc.jpg?v=1621900346","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/above-the-law-how-qualified-immunity-protects-violent-police-9781682192573","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}