Breaking Down Qualified Immunity – Capital B Atlanta

An attorney representing the four Clayton County law enforcement officers being sued for alleged racial profiling at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming qualified immunity.

The officers are being sued by stand-up comedians Eric Andre and Clayton English, who were, on separate occasions, stopped and questioned while trying to board a flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles. 

Andre and English were stopped as part of the jet bridge interdiction program . . .