A Mississippi murder case has ignited a new fight against qualified immunity

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May 26, 2024 at 2:48 PM

The case of Desmond Green, a man imprisoned for nearly two years on false murder accusations, has ignited a new fight against the qualified immunity doctrine after a Mississippi federal judge denied qualified immunity to a detective involved in the case. Damon T. Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, joins MSNBC's Charles Coleman Jr., in for Ali Velshi, to discuss.

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