/tags/qualified-immunity qualified immunity en-US Copyright Tue, 29 Apr 2025 22:05:20 GMT /2025-04-29/anti-qualified-immunity-effort-in-ohio-can-start-collecting-signatures A citizen’s coalition that wants to ask Ohio voters whether to end qualified immunity for public workers, like police officers, cleared another hurdle Tuesday. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 22:05:20 GMT /2025-04-29/anti-qualified-immunity-effort-in-ohio-can-start-collecting-signatures Sarah Donaldson /show/all-sides/2025-04-27/weekly-reporter-roundtable The Trump administration will back off on terminating the legal status of international students. The move comes after many students, including two from Ohio State, filed court challenges. Sun, 27 Apr 2025 23:47:02 GMT /show/all-sides/2025-04-27/weekly-reporter-roundtable /2025-04-23/ohios-ag-approves-qualified-immunity-issue-he-opposes-after-u-s-supreme-court-ruling A year-long court battle over a proposed amendment to end qualified immunity for Ohio's government employees, including police officers, is over. Wed, 23 Apr 2025 23:21:31 GMT /2025-04-23/ohios-ag-approves-qualified-immunity-issue-he-opposes-after-u-s-supreme-court-ruling Karen Kasler /2024-11-26/after-years-of-trying-group-trying-to-end-qualified-immunity-in-ohio-can-take-next-step An amendment to shut down the legal shield covering police officers and other government employees in Ohio can go forward after approval from Attorney General Dave Yost. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 07:15:40 GMT /2024-11-26/after-years-of-trying-group-trying-to-end-qualified-immunity-in-ohio-can-take-next-step Karen Kasler /politics-government/2024-05-31/ohio-attorney-general-must-stop-blocking-proposed-ban-on-police-immunity-judges-say A federal appeals court panel has ordered Ohio’s attorney general to move forward on a proposed constitutional amendment that would end qualified immunity for police and other government employees. Fri, 31 May 2024 12:33:55 GMT /politics-government/2024-05-31/ohio-attorney-general-must-stop-blocking-proposed-ban-on-police-immunity-judges-say The Associated Press /2024-03-15/ohios-attorney-general-again-rejects-proposed-amendment-to-end-qualified-immunity For the eighth time, Ohio’s attorney general has rejected a proposal that would eliminate qualified immunity for police officers and other government employees accused in shootings or other actions. Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:40:28 GMT /2024-03-15/ohios-attorney-general-again-rejects-proposed-amendment-to-end-qualified-immunity Karen Kasler /podcast/snollygoster/2021-05-06/taking-cops-to-court In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½, host Steve Brown discusses the effort to end qualified immunity for government employees in Ohio. An initiative called Accountability Ohio Now filed paperwork this week to get the issue on the ballot next year. Thu, 06 May 2021 18:09:05 GMT /podcast/snollygoster/2021-05-06/taking-cops-to-court Steve Brown /politics/2021-05-04/coalition-moving-to-eliminate-qualified-immunity-for-ohio-police-officers A group has taken the first step to ask voters next year to eliminate qualified immunity for police officers and other government employees accused of shootings or other actions. Tue, 04 May 2021 11:15:36 GMT /politics/2021-05-04/coalition-moving-to-eliminate-qualified-immunity-for-ohio-police-officers Karen Kasler /news-partners/2021-03-03/house-approves-police-reform-bill-named-after-george-floyd The bill, which would ban chokeholds and eliminate qualified immunity for law enforcement, now advances to the Senate. Thu, 04 Mar 2021 02:32:36 GMT /news-partners/2021-03-03/house-approves-police-reform-bill-named-after-george-floyd Chloee Weiner /news/2020-09-08/appeals-court-denies-qualified-immunity-for-columbus-officers-in-henry-green-shooting The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has re-opened the door for a wrongful death lawsuit against Columbus Police officers Zachary Rosen and Jason Bare,… Tue, 08 Sep 2020 20:34:40 GMT /news/2020-09-08/appeals-court-denies-qualified-immunity-for-columbus-officers-in-henry-green-shooting Nick Evans, Gabe Rosenberg