'Blow his head off': Supreme Court must strip federal agents of absolute immunity
I learn something everyday. I did not know fed agents had this immunity.
'Blow his head off': Supreme Court must strip federal agents of absolute immunity
Our view: The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is stalled in Congress, so it’s now up to the justices. There should be no Constitution-free zone in the USA.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2021/09/23/supreme-court-immunity-federal-agents/5788487001/
The Editorial Board USA TODAY
Kevin Byrd's ordeal began in the parking lot of a bar near Houston, where he says a federal Homeland Security agent pointed a gun at him and threatened to “put a bullet through his f---ing skull.”
Byrd had gone to the bar early in the morning on Feb. 2, 2019, to find more information about a car crash that left his former girlfriend – and the mother of his child – in the hospital.
Byrd says that as he tried to leave the parking lot, agent Ray Lamb, the father of a driver involved in the car accident, jumped out of a truck with a gun in his hand. According to a lawsuit that Byrd would later file, Lamb attempted to smash his car window and threatened to "blow his head off.”
“I thought I was going to lose my life,” Byrd said.
Now, Byrd's odyssey has taken him all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that challenges the legal protections that shield federal law enforcement officers from civil liability. The court will soon decide whether it will hear Byrd's case.
Violating your civil rights
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