Damon Root on Qualified Immunity for Cops Involved in Deadly Car Chases

Are the police allowed to use deadly force to end
a high-speed car chase? The U.S. Supreme Court will grapple with
that question next month when it hears oral arguments in the case
of Plumhoff v. Rickard. As Senior Editor Damon Root
explains, at issue is a 2004 incident that began with a traffic
stop for a busted headlight and ended some 10 minutes later with
multiple police officers firing a total of 15 rounds into the
fleeing vehicle, killing the driver and his passenger, both of whom
were unarmed.

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