Austin hasn't allowed more police oversight, despite voter approval. Now it's getting sued.
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The lawsuit argues that the city is violating its own ordinance by not allowing the Office of Police Oversight to access internal disciplinary files of officers.
  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    11 months ago

    This needs more attention

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/15/us/politics/qualified-immunity-supreme-court.html

    The basis of Qualified Immunity is illegal. The 1982 SCOTUS went by an illegal revision of the law, they had no reason to believe that the law was written any other way. The law in question, Section 1983, had been changed by a single unnamed secretary in 1874, when they were charged with copying the 1871 Congressional Record into the Federal Register.

    I’m absolutely certain that the plaintiffs attorneys would love to know about this.

  • dylanmorgan@slrpnk.netEnglish
    11·
    11 months ago

    Absolutely bonkers that it had to go this far. Civilian review boards and other oversight should be the default.

  • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    11 months ago

    The police department needs to be split into multiple agencies — social outreach (mental health calls), traffic enforcement, armed response, labwork/evidence collection, swat/bomb squad. Each with their own chief, union, and pay scale.