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Criminal,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Jun. 1, 2018

Officers involved in Occupy Cal protests entitled to qualified immunity, 9th Circuit says

Police officers and university administrators involved in dispersing crowds during Berkeley’s 2011 Occupy Cal protests are entitled to qualified immunity for the use of batons against students, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

Officers involved in Occupy Cal protests entitled to qualified immunity, 9th Circuit says
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Police officers and university administrators involved in dispersing crowds during Berkeley's 2011 Occupy Cal protests are entitled to qualified immunity for the use of batons against students, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

On Thursday, a three-judge panel of the court reversed U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers' decision to proceed to trial in a case claiming officers used excessive force by using batons t...

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