Handcuffing a compliant student at school violated their Fourth Amendment rights, but officer gets qualified immunity

Posted on February 13, 2018June 25, 2025 by Dissent

FourthAmendment.com writes:

A police officer’s handcuffing a compliant child after a discussion in the school office violated the child’s Fourth Amendment rights. The event was long past with no risk of violence being shown by the child by the time that happened. The law, however, wasn’t clearly established by that time, and the officer gets qualified immunity. E.W. v. Dolgos, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 3245 (4th Cir. Feb. 12, 2018)

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Bog Johnson says:

February 14, 2018 at 2:32 am

There should be no such thing as “immunity”.

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