#ninthcircuit — Public Fediverse posts
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This week, in #Hernandez et. al. v. City of Los Angeles (docket no. 21-55994), the US Court of #Appeals for the Ninth Circuit chipped away at the misguided #legal principle of #qualifiedImmunity. The case involved a female officer, Toni McBride, who put six bullets in a suspect—the last 2 of which were fired while the suspect was "rolling on the ground".
In a 6-5 en banc decision, the court overturned a 3-judge panel's ruling that qualified immunity protected (now former) Officer McBride, based on a horrifying 2017 precedent from Orange County in which a Sheriff's Department officer essentially executed a prisoner, firing six shots into him after he'd already been hit several times and was lying on the ground. (In the earlier case, Zion v. County of Orange, the officer then stomped on the mortally wounded suspect's head.)
It's always good news when cops are held to account for their actions.
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The Satanic Temple is very bad at court cases (December 2023)
https://the.satanic.wiki/index.php?title=The_Satanic_Temple#Lawsuits
https://reddit.com/r/TheSatanicCirclejerk/comments/18nctl4/comment/ke9vznd/
Changes from November include:
* Confirmation both #TravisCounty, #Texas, lawsuits have not seen any new filings in more than one year.
* #NinthCircuit granted #TST partial victory in form of an additional opportunity to make defamation claims in federal district court against Johnson et al Defendants.
https://queersatanic.com/ninth-circuit-gives-satanic-temples-slapp-suit-mixed-response/
Moreover, we’re still being sued by #TheSatanicTemple in federal appellate court and now #KingCounty Superior Court.
TST is also still suing #Newsweek and its reporter (but maybe not her anymore!) for writing about us. In addition, the #SatanicTemple is now suing a #TikToker in Texas for talking about our case. Check the pinned post for more.