In response to Renee Good’s Death, Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey and Representative Ayanna Pressley are now leading the ...

US Sen. Ed Markey and US Rep. Ayanna Pressley want to eliminate so-called “qualified immunity” for ICE agents and other ...

Qualified Immunity (QI) says that if a government official, including a police officer, violates your legal rights, the official cannot be sued civilly (for money) unless there has already been a ...

Vice President JD Vance’s claim Thursday that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis is “protected by absolute immunity” drew immediate ...

The bill, aimed at revoking federal officers' qualified immunity, is unlikely to pass but signals growing Democratic discontent with ICE’s impunity.

Congress gave Americans the right to sue government officials for civil-rights violations in 1871. Qualified immunity was ...

The contentious debate over qualified immunity for police officers returned to Beacon Hill as law enforcement leaders forcefully pushed back against a bill that would ease the path for civil rights ...

When officers commit misconduct during off-duty jobs, some judges are granting them immunity historically reserved for on-duty incidents HOUSTON — Shanita Terrell believes someone spiked her drink the ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Qualified immunity for police officers was a hot-button issue on Beacon Hill in 2020 during the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, and lawmakers are debating similar policies ...

It’s been more than five years since the death of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer and more than four years since Massachusetts passed a police reform law spurred by that ...

Washington, DC, Nov. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus curiaebrief today urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear NRA v. Vullo and reexamine the Court’s ...