22 seconds: dissent from a qualified immunity grant for a police officer - 10th Circuit
LUCERO, Senior Circuit Judge, dissenting:
22 seconds.
That is precisely the time elapsed—22 seconds—from the moment Officer Bron
Cruz stopped his police cruiser in a Salt Lake City 7-Eleven parking lot to the point at
which he fatally shot twenty-year-old-innocent-unarmed Dillon Taylor. Dillon’s crimes?
Walking away from an unconstitutional police stop and pulling up his pants. The
majority concludes, as a matter of law, that it was objectively reasonable, based on
qualified immunity, to free Officer Cruz from any liability without a trial. This cannot be
right. It is not the place of this court to resolve factual disputes as to the reasonability of
Officer Cruz’s actions. I am concerned about the extension of the judicially created
doctrine of qualified immunity to shield officers even when there is a substantial and
material dispute in the evidence as I explain below. I most respectfully dissent.
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