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The Libertarian conference is in town and the speakers are WILD pic.twitter.com/kZbBJVuEGx— L Ron Mexico (@LRonMexico) June 30, 2018
The Libertarian conference is in town and the speakers are WILD pic.twitter.com/kZbBJVuEGx
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One downside to the ruling from the standpoint of criminal justice reform is that Deputy Fulford was granted qualified immunity for Wingate's unlawful arrest. Under that controversial doctrine, government officials are generally shielded from being held civilly liable if their actions were not explicitly disavowed in a previous court decision. "Until today, no federal court has prescribed the constitutional limits of" the Virginia ordinance at issue, the 4th Circuit stated. Thus "a reasonable officer could infer—albeit incorrectly—that the [Fourth Amendment's] requirements did not apply."