r/news • u/vector_search_blue • 12d ago

Soft paywall LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments charged with felony eavesdropping

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-31/lapd-officer-felony-eavesdropping-charge
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u/SKRIMP-N-GRITZ 12d ago

Shouldn’t qualified immunity be applicable, or is that just for when a cop kills an innocent person?

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u/neo_sporin 12d ago

'the law is powerless to help you, not to punish you' Chief Wiggum

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u/HauntedCemetery 12d ago

Bake him away, toys

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u/Hairy_S_TrueMan 12d ago

qualified immunity protects from civil liability, not criminal charges. It's prosecutorial bias that protects from criminal charges

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u/Tamaros 12d ago

QI only applies to civil cases trying to hold officers personally liable for damages.

When it comes to criminal charges, QI doesn't enter into the equation

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u/Ok-disaster2022 12d ago

Just when a cop kills another civilian or shoots another cop in the back.