The decision could be 'something that changes the way police treat people.'
The deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor have created a movement demanding police reform, but what does that mean?The Supreme Court last month remanded a lower court's ruling that police officers who used excessive force on a 27-year-old man who died in their custody were protected because they didn't know their actions were unconstitutional.
Steve Art, an attorney who submitted a brief on behalf of the ACLU for the case, shared Taylor's sentiments. The officers pushed to receive qualified immunity -- meaning they'd be shielded from personal liability unless proven to have violated clearly established constitutional rights -- when confronted with the lawsuit in 2016, and in 2019, that immunity was granted by a federal judge in the 8th Circuit Court who did acknowledge that excessive force had been used.
Alito wrote the dissent, which included:"We have two respective options: deny review of the fact-bound question that the case presents or grant the petition, have the case briefed and argued, roll up our sleeves and decide the real issue. I favor the latter course, but what we should not do is take the easy out that the court has chosen."
"I think the Court recognizes this political moment, in particular, that there is heightened attention being paid to these kinds of issues," Taylor added."I think that partially explains why the Supreme Court didn't let this go.
Gilbert at the time was homeless and under the influence of methamphetamines when he was arrested for a nonviolent misdemeanor, police said. After Gilbert died, officers said they believed he was experiencing a"mental health crisis" when he was in his cell, prompting officers to engage and restrain him.
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