Criminal
May 22, 2015
Courts go too far shielding law enforcement
Allowing sheriffs and other leading enforcement personnel to escape liability from these suits makes it much harder to change a failing system. By Peter G. Haber
The recent criminal indictment of former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka
echoes the disparity between federal and state law relating to private citizens holding
law enforcement personnel civilly liable for their wrongs. California courts have
upended a litany of federal statutes and precedents in what can only be described
as an attempt to shield elected law enforcement o...
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