February 25, 2021 03:52 pm GMT
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Court rejects TSA qualified immunity: Government genital massages can be video-recorded
The TSA tried to weasel its way out of a lawsuit in which a TSA agent forced a man to delete a video he'd taken of being searched by an agent but the court rejected its qualified immunity defense. Cory Doctorow has more on his Pluralistic blog:
— Read the restQualified immunity is a bizarre American legal doctrine that says that government officials (especially cops) that break the law aren't personally liable for their lawlessness unless the law they violate is "clearly established."
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2021/02/25/court-rejects-tsa-qualified-immunity-government-genital-massages-can-be-video-recorded.html
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