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Supreme Court backs officer seeking immunity from Vermont House protester's excessive force claims

Supreme Court backs officer seeking immunity from Vermont House protester's excessive force claims

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a police officer who forcibly removed a protester conducting a sit-in on the Vermont House floor a decade ago is entitled to qualified immunity.  The ruling was unsigned but appeared to split 6-3 along ideological lines, with the liberal justices in dissent. They voted to let the case proceed to trial. The case stems from a...

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