Just came across this case where a California Highway Patrol officer tried to arrest a firefighter in the midst of treating people injured in a traffic incident, simply because he refused to move a fire engine that was blocking a lane of traffic on the highway to protect first responders and the patients they were attending to.

  • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    12 hours ago

    This issue isn’t what would happen to the firefighter, it’s what would happen to the cop.

    If you watch the video the issue is if the cop can claim qualified immunity to prevent themselves from being held accountable for violating the firefighters rights.

    No prosecutor would fuck with the firefighter because no jury would convict.