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Former Detroit Police Lt. John F. Kennedy, who at one point headed the department's Integrity Unit, pleaded guilty this week to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery.
Former Detroit Police Lt. John F. Kennedy, who at one point headed the department's Integrity Unit, pleaded guilty this week to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery.
Police Officers Never Learn “Clearly Established Law” SHARE Most people would agree that police officers shouldn’t be punished for split‐second mistakes in judgment. That’s why the Garner tests for whether or not an officer’s use of force amounts to a constitutional violation require an analysis of whether that use of force was reasonable with regard to the particular circumstances the officer was in. But qualified immunity goes beyond Graham and Garner with its maddeningly arbitrary “clearly established law” requirement. In effect, “clearly established law” ...