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What is qualified immunity and how has it impacted Central Florida law enforcement?

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ORLANDO, Fla. – In July of 2012, a Lake County deputy shot and killed 26-year-old Andrew Scott in his home after deputies knocked on the wrong door while looking for a suspect in Scott’s apartment complex.Scott’s family later filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit, but the court granted Qualified immunity for both the deputy and the department and the case was dismissed.The US Supreme Court later declined to review the case.Professor LeRoy Pernell is a Professor of Law at Florida A-and-M college of law."If we're going to do anything for example about police violence, there has to be consequences," Pernell said."When you have qualified immunity or any type of immunity from civil liability, you really are taking away the legal consequences.

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