The Legal Shield That Protects Injustice: How “Qualified Immunity” Became Untouchable

When police officers can shoot children, kill the wrong people, unleash dogs on surrendering suspects, and still walk free, you know the system is broken.

This breakdown exposes how Qualified Immunity—a legal doctrine invented by courts—has quietly become a near-impenetrable shield protecting government officials from accountability.

We’ll go case by case:
• Corbett v. Vickers (2019): Officer shoots a 10-year-old lying on the ground — gets off.
• Young v. Borders (2017): Police kill a homeowner for holding his own gun — get off.
• Smart v. Wichita (2020): Cops fire into a crowd — kill an unarmed man — get off.
• A.M. v. Holmes (2016): Kid arrested for burping in class — protected.
• Ala v. Milling: Prisoner held in extreme solitary for 7 months — still protected.
• Baxter v. Bracey (2018): Cops send dog to attack a surrendering man — walk free.

Every time, the courts ruled: “No prior case existed with these exact facts.”
Translation: until someone dies in a precisely identical way, no precedent applies.

This is how tyranny hides behind technicalities — and how the law itself becomes lawless.