Five years after George Floyd's death, calls to reform qualified immunity mostly fall silent

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Five years after George Floyd's death, calls to reform qualified immunity mostly fall silent

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WASHINGTON — The death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in May 2020 gave momentum to a cross-ideological effort to reform the legal defense known as "qualified immunity," which can protect cops even when they have violated the Constitution.

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