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Summer Lee: “We need to end the doctrine of qualified immunity. That doctrine has hurt my family.”

On the recordMay 18, 2021
We need to end the doctrine of qualified immunity. That doctrine has hurt my family.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Calls for legislative action to end qualified immunity for police officers.

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