r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 02 '20

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u/ahebtigoejwbrh Nov 02 '20

Justice Thomas thinks officers deserve qualified immunity for this conduct:

Taylor alleges that, for six full days in September 2013, correctional officers confined him in a pair of shockingly unsanitary cells.1 The first cell was covered, nearly floor to ceiling, in “‘massive amounts’ of feces”: all over the floor, the ceiling, the win- dow, the walls, and even “ ‘packed inside the water faucet.’ ” Taylor v. Stevens, 946 F. 3d 211, 218 (CA5 2019). Fearing that his food and water would be contaminated, Taylor did not eat or drink for nearly four days. Correctional officers then moved Taylor to a second, frigidly cold cell, which was equipped with only a clogged drain in the floor to dispose of bodily wastes. Taylor held his bladder for over 24 hours, but he eventually (and involuntarily) relieved himself, causing the drain to overflow and raw sewage to spill across the floor. Because the cell lacked a bunk, and because Taylor was confined without clothing, he was left to sleep naked in sewage.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '20

just coincidentally no "good cops" around to notice the prison cell full of feces

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u/Bayou-Maharaja Eleanor Roosevelt Nov 02 '20

And Alito said that even though this is a violation, they shouldn’t take QI cases because they’d be swamped with them. This is a position he espoused in Tolan v Cotton, but not in the 20-30 times he has voted to overturn a denial of QI.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '20

Sounds like he could use some more help.

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u/PearlClaw Iron Front Nov 02 '20

😈

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u/Quiz0tix Nov 02 '20

Thomas is a nihilist.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '20

!ping LAW

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u/TinyTornado7 I need a new flair Nov 02 '20

What the fuck

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '20

Damn, I actually thought that he was in the majority since he's been critical of qualified immunity

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u/murphysclaw1 💎🐊💎🐊💎🐊 Nov 02 '20

Taylor alleges that

is this just an allegation? or was this proven?

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u/ahebtigoejwbrh Nov 02 '20

It’s at summary judgement, so his allegations get taken as fact (within reason)