Vol. 40 No. 10 OFFICERS WHO ENGAGED IN AN UNNECESSARY HIGH-SPEED CHASE THAT KILLED BYSTANDERS WERE NOT ENTITLED TO QUALIFIED IMMUNITY
In Est. of Soakai v. Abdelaziz,[1] the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied qualified immunity to police officers involved in a high-speed chase in which innocent bystanders were injured and one was killed by a fleeing suspect. Despite allegedly witnessing the crash, the officers neither stopped to render aid nor summoned emergency services. Background In […]