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Why Cops Are Untouchable with Joanna Schwartz

Factually! with Adam Conover

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The Importance of Compelling Stories of Real People

There's a legal doctrine called qualified immunity that the Supreme Court has created. If you can't find a prior court decision with virtually identical facts, you're out of luck. And so there's literally thousands of these cases could be brought against police officers every year. But meanwhile, this is still happening dozens of times a day I absolutely agree.

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