Supreme Court won’t consider eliminating immunity

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The doctrine of qualified immunity has been used to protect police from civil lawsuits and trials. Here’s why it was put in place.

USA TODAY

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court refused Monday to reconsider the legal immunity from lawsuits generally given to police and other public officials accused of misconduct.

The justices’ decision not to hear a case on qualified immunity in their next term, which begins in October, follows the death last month of George Floyd,…