A SCOTUS Opening

[Sociopathicsteelerfan]

(10-23-2020, 11:56 AM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: That’s every patient, but it didn’t end the field of medicine.

There's a substantial difference.  First off, a doctor's patients are not inherently hostile to them.  Secondly, every doctor has mandatory malpractice insurance that covers this.  Now, I can see the wheels turning already, why not make officer's get similar insurance?  The answer is because officers will be sued personally at a far greater rate than a medical doctor.  Allow me to clue you into something, most of the people law enforcement deals with are criminals (I'm off course talking outside of things like traffic stops and the like).  Criminals will lie, about anything, at the drop of a hat.  They will lie under oath, they will lie to any investigator, in fact lying is so engrained in them they will continue to lie when actually telling the truth is in their best interests.  I've told many of them the following before I start speaking to them; we're going to talk and you're going to lie to me.  I'm going to point out that you're lying and then you're going to lie in a different way.  This process repeats itself for two hours plus (depending on the severity of what's being discussed) until we finally start getting to some truth.  When I'm asked why I don't believe someone I tell them I'd check out a window if they told me the sky was blue.

Also, in a medical malpractice suit there isn't much "he said, she said".  There are definite facts to point to, decisions made and when they were made, that separate medical professionals can then judge.  Almost every lawsuit against an LEO is going to be a "he said, she said".  Even with another officer backing up the story you'll get the "blue wall of silence" assumption that they are lying to protect their fellow officer and remember that a civil suit does not require a unanimous jury.

In short, if you haven't done this job or interacted with criminals as part of your job (e.g probation, parole, correctional officer) you really don't understand just how dangerous this idea of ending qualified immunity really is.  It will destroy law enforcement and create a criminal's paradise.