Orders for Social Distancing and prohibitions of churches and businesses and leisure activities are being enforced by Police Officers WHO SHOULD ALL BE FIRED!
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
The right of the people to peaceable assembly IS NOT NEGOTIABLE.
The right of the people to peaceable assembly IS NOT ABLE TO BE RESTRICTED.
The right of the people to peaceable assembly IS NOT WITHIN ANY GOVERNOR’S POWER TO RESTRICT.
EVERY SINGLE POLICE OFFICER WHO ENFORCES AN ORDER VIOLATING THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS GUILTY OF 42 USC 1983 UNDER THE COLOR OF LAW.
42 U.S. Code §?1983. Civil action for deprivation of rights
“Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer’s judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable. For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia.”
The Police Officer IS NOT PERSONALLY IMMUNE FROM PROSECUTION FOR ENFORCING AN ILLEGAL ORDER BY THE EXECUTIVE !
Qualified immunity
“Qualified immunity is a type of legal immunity. Qualified immunity “Qualified immunity balances two important interests—the need to hold public officials accountable when they exercise power irresponsibly and the need to shield officials from harassment, distraction, and liability when they perform their duties reasonably.” Pearson v. Callahan .
Specifically, qualified immunity protects a government official from lawsuits alleging that the official violated a plaintiff‘s rights, only allowing suits where officials violated a “clearly established” statutory or constitutional right. When determining whether or not a right was “clearly established,” courts consider whether a hypothetical reasonable official would have known that the defendant’s conduct violated the plaintiff’s rights. Courts conducting this analysis apply the law that was in force at the time of the alleged violation, not the law in effect when the court considers the case.
Qualified immunity is not immunity from having to pay money damages, but rather immunity from having to go through the costs of a trial at all. Accordingly, courts must resolve qualified immunity issues as early in a case as possible, preferably before discovery.
Qualified immunity only applies to suits against government officials as individuals, not suits against the government for damages caused by the officials’ actions. Although qualified immunity frequently appears in cases involving police officers, it also applies to most other executive branch officials. While judges, prosecutors, legislators, and some other government officials do not receive qualified immunity, most are protected by other immunity doctrines.”
Governors and Police Chiefs who impose seditious orders making the Police Officer enforce them have placed those Police Officers in PERSONAL JEOPARDY!
I cannot wait to see the rash of law suits that cripple the police departments of agencies WHO REJECT THEIR OATH OF OFFICE!