RICHMOND, VA — An officer was not entitled to qualified immunity because the Fourth Amendment right at issue — the right of a non-threatening, unarmed and passively resisting suspect to be free from ...

Well, he could, and he did, and attorneys for the cops invoked qualified immunity. Jack Collins, who provides legal advice to ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Friday upheld the district court’s previous denial of qualified immunity to the Chesterfield County Police officer ...

Police reform negotiators are no longer considering changes to a controversial legal doctrine known as “qualified immunity,” according to three sources familiar with the matter. Qualified immunity, ...

Six years ago, Richard Hershey was distributing religious leaflets on a public sidewalk in a public park surrounding a public arena in Bossier City, Louisiana, when he was accosted by police officers ...