An Alabama lawyer has been on a litigation roller coaster over how far police officers can stray from the Constitution before they are subject to lawsuits, a key legal issue emerging from recent demonstrations against systemic racism.
Richard Riley lost last month before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, which said qualified immunity was appropriate for officers who told a handcuffed man they would “f*** [him] over” if he didn’t participate in a dangerous scheme to catch a suspect.
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