How courts grant qualified immunity to police accused of off-duty misconduct
When officers commit misconduct during off-duty jobs, some judges are granting them immunity historically reserved for on-duty incidents.
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Arijit (Ari) D. Sen, is an award-winning investigative data journalist at CBS News. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, NBC News and the Asheville Citizen-Times.
Sen has a master's degree in journalism and a certificate in applied data science from UC Berkeley and a Bachelor's in journalism from UNC Chapel Hill.
When officers commit misconduct during off-duty jobs, some judges are granting them immunity historically reserved for on-duty incidents.
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