Quote Originally Posted by jamessr
Immunity issues do not apply when the officer violates ANY criminal statutes, immunity only applies to civil rights suits or THE LAW OF THE LAND i.e. the constitution....

If you disagree with this, please provide case law to support your opinion....
WTF?!?!?!?! :wtf:

I googled CrRLJ 2.1(c). and I invite anyone else to because what you say it says and what it says seem to me to be 2 completely different things.

James, if you are saying that because there are laws on the books saying police can't violate your rights or break the law themselves and these laws and rules are never broken and to provide case law showing this then you are quite naive. From people's personal experience to high profile cases such as Rodney King, Andrew Meyers (the UF student who was tased and yelled "Don't tase me bro!") to Omar Grant (the man handcuffed and unarmed shot and killed by Oakland Transit police) to Abner Louima (NYPD and the broom stick inserted inside this man), to countless other cases that make public news and the millions of other incidents that don't make the news, I think most people can agree that it is possible for cops to break and bend rules, rights, and the law themselves and that it does happen despite it being against the law. I don't have to cite any case law for that.

Immunity does not apply to a cop when the cop breaks the law but my point is good luck in proving it especially when you don't have video to prove this. Like Denzel Washington's character from Training Day says "It's not what you know, it's what you can prove."

To say that people (cop or not) don't break the law because it is the law is just ludicrous, just turn on the news, look at the jail or prison when you drive by it next time, ignore all the police officers we have, or the big court buildings we have.

James, are you in law enforcement by any chance?