Yes, and he’s almost uniquely good at keeping his head, and getting to his own point, staying focused, not taking the bait. It’s amazing to watch, because I’d lose my shit.

What Ta-Nehisi Coates is doing, using his standing in the liberal mainstream to enter rarefied mainstream spaces to speak out on behalf of Palestinians, even though those spaces will be invariably hostile and even perhaps subsequently foreclosed to him, is incredible

Gangbang, in the backside, for ho-ing? Maybe it was just sex innuendo.

True, but that also means civil cases too, so if there’s no point to the one, there’s no point to the other.

And to be perfectly clear: “qualified immunity” has literally nothing to do with criminal charges, just civil suits! I feel like people don’t get that. If granted, it’s protection from lawsuits. It’s NOT EVER immunity from criminal prosecution! Do people get that?

Does “qualified immunity” suck? Yes. Should it exist? No. Should it be abolished? Again, yes. Is there any sort of priority that should be given to this? No, not really. It’s very low priority, in the general scheme of things. It certainly doesn’t take precedence over seeking criminal conviction.

People will become citizen lawyers to vote the SCOTUS case saying “clearly established excessive force” but like, ok, just clearly establish that their force was excessive! That’s *easier* than proving assault or murder. Thats not that high of a bar to be pretending it’s insurmountable.

Like, if you really think that it wasn’t felonious assault or homocide, but still “wrong” somehow, I guess then it’s an issue. But mostly, I don’t know what that really looks like, because the ones I’m concerned with all look like felonies, and “qualified immunity” doesn’t apply.

The version I find most galling is “qualified immunity.” Like, after a cop brutalizes or murders someone, it’s inevitable that someone will bring up “qualified immunity,” but that’s not really relevant. Felonies are not protected, and qualified immunity doesn’t apply. It’s just distracting.

I feel like when any other occupation murders someone, we don’t discuss having them permanently fired, fined, going through skills training, or having more civil suits. It’s only “police” I think where these things occur to people, instead of just “criminal prosecution and prison.”