Title

Exploring Protest Rights, Unreasonable Police Conduct, and Qualified Immunity

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Thurgood Marshall Law Review

Publication Date

2020

Date Added

2022-01-14

Abstract

The issue to be addressed in this Article is whether the right to challenge government authority by means of protesting unreasonable police conduct on public sidewalks, public streets, public parks, or in court litigation is unreasonably restricted by qualified immunity. For example, a person's First Amendment right to protest is violated when a police officer unlawfully arrests that person without any probable cause.

First Page

167

Keywords

First Amendment, Probable cause, Qualified Immunity

Disciplines

Civil Rights and Discrimination | Constitutional Law | Criminal Law

Publisher

Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law

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