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“‘No one should be above the law, everybody is entitled to their day in court, everybody deserves equal justice under the law,’ Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice cream and co-chair of the Campaign To End Qualified Immunity, added.

Senate Bill 254 is currently sitting in the Senate Judiciary Committee. If passed by the legislature, it would get rid of Qualified Immunity in Vermont.

Those in favor of S. 254 believe it will make more police officers accountable for their actions taken on the job.”

“For decades, the legal construct of qualified immunity has allowed law enforcement officers and others to escape consequences for serious misconduct. It holds that officials cannot be held accountable unless their precise conduct has been found to be wrongful in the past, which keeps it from being found wrongful in the current instance. In practice, qualified immunity serves as a giant rubber stamp on even the most egregious transgressions. Above the Law: How “Qualified Immunity” Protects Violent Police by Ben Cohen (of Ben & Jerry’s fame), a new book slated for June 15 publication, highlights some examples”

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“The co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream called on Congress to end qualified immunity for law enforcement officers and overhaul of police standards nationwide, during an event on Capitol Hill on Thursday.”

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“Cohen regards this statute as one of the roots of systemic racism and policing.”

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“‘Above the Law,’ author Ben Cohen weighs in on enhancing police accountability.”

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“Ben Cohen tells some of those stories in Above the Law: How ‘Qualified Immunity’ Protects Violent Police.”

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“We have got to go further than simply seeking punishment for individual officers after they have ended a life. We have to change the culture of policing itself, to save the next life. We have to end qualified immunity,” Killer Mike writes.

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“Quick-paced, well-edited, and educational. The intelligent reader will find it cogent, reasonable and offering actions that can be supported or accomplished… In the Foreword to Above the Law, rapper Michael Render (“Killer Mike”) provides an excellent emotional overview of the events at hand… Above the Law provides one example after another of the legal inanity that protects police.“

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“We are now united in a coalition that is resolved to end this get-out-of-jail free card for bad cops.”

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“Qualified immunity is a judge-made legal defense that prevents police and other government officials from being held civilly liable for violating people’s rights.”

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“Ending qualified immunity will send a clear message: Nobody, not even law enforcement, is above the law.”

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