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Associated Press Published 7:17 p.m. ET June 14, 2020 | Updated 9:47 a.m. ET June 15, 2020CLOSE The doctrine of qualified immunity has been used to protect police from civil lawsuits and trials. Here's why it was put in place. USA TODAYMINNEAPOLIS – At least seven Minneapolis police officers have quit and another seven are…

A man holds a candle during a vigil around a makeshift memorial at the tree where Robert Fuller was found dead hanging from a rope in Palmdale, Calif. Officials deemed Fuller's death a suicide, but his family wants an independent investigation. Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images…

A police officer who was shot in the head during a Las Vegas Strip protest of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis is paralyzed from the neck down, on a ventilator and unable to speak, his family said in a statement released by police. Officer Shay Mikalonis, 29, was shot June 1 during protests…

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best on Sunday announced she had an "epiphany" that "policing will never be the same" following national outcry over the death of George Floyd, and as her department remains locked out of the East Precinct.Best appeared on CBS's "Face the Nation" Sunday morning to discuss the recently renamed Capitol Hill Organized Protest…

The 2020 presidential election will be a referendum on the country's commitment to "reform the police with Trump, or abolish the police with Democrats," Steve Hilton argued Sunday."My great fear is that because the Democrats have been shouting the loudest about justice and equality, people who support the right causes, equal opportunity for Americans of all races, will vote the wrong party," Hilton said on "The Next…