Supreme Court backs officer seeking immunity from Vermont House protester’s excessive force claims

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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a police officer who forcibly removed a protester conducting a sit-in on the Vermont House floor a decade ago is entitled to qualified immunity.  The ruling was unsigned but appeared to split 6-3 along ideological lines, with the liberal justices in dissent. They voted to let the case proceed to trial. The case stems from a…

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