美国最高法院一致维持警长在2015年抗议撤职案的豁免权. Supreme Court unanimously upholds police sergeant’s qualified immunity in 2015 protest removal case.

美国最高法院以9-0的结果支持佛蒙特州警察中士雅各布·佐恩, 在他使用手腕锁将抗议者谢拉·林顿从2015年国会大坐进场移除案件中维持了他的合格豁免权. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in favor of Vermont state police sergeant Jacob Zorn, upholding his qualified immunity in a case where he used a wristlock to remove protester Shela Linton from a 2015 Capitol sit-in. 声明称现行法律没有明确规定佐恩的行为侵犯了抗议者的宪法权利. The unsigned per curiam opinion reversed a lower court’s decision, stating that existing law did not clearly establish Zorn’s actions violated the protester’s constitutional rights. 警方的行为明显违反了既定法律, 除非他们被起诉. The court emphasized that officers cannot be sued unless their conduct clearly breached well-established law. 特别是在与抗议有关的使用武力案件中, 不考虑林顿的损害索赔. The ruling reinforces the high standard for overcoming qualified immunity, particularly in protest-related use-of-force cases, without addressing the merits of Linton’s injury claims. 苏托梅奥法官不同意,认为该案不应该被迅速撤销. Justice Sotomayor dissented, arguing the case should not have been summarily reversed.