A woman is dead and the man who shot her walks away untouched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Families are shattered, a nation divided, and one phrase hangs over everything: \u201cabsolute immunity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How can killing someone at the wheel of her own car lead to no criminal charges, no civil trial, no day in court?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The answer lies buried in complex statutes, federal protections, and a standard for prosecuting officers set so impossibly high that almost no case ever breaks through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The immigration officer\u2019s freedom from prosecution rests on a powerful shield: broad legal protections for law enforcement acting in the line of duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under Minnesota law, deadly force is justified if a \u201creasonable officer\u201d would believe it necessary to prevent death or serious harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Federal standards mirror this, and prosecutors must prove not just a bad decision, but that the officer knowingly acted with reckless disregard for human life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That threshold is rarely met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this case, officials quickly framed the shooting as part of the officer\u2019s job, invoking \u201cabsolute immunity\u201d and<\/p>\n\n\n\n
signaling that neither criminal charges nor civil claims were likely to succeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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