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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chuckie" data-source="post: 4108770" data-attributes="member: 42584">The problem I see with abolishing 'Qualified Immunity' is that if it were abolished then how many times would law enforcement personnel hesitate to use force - a hesitation that could cost the life of either the officer or the person they were trying to protect? I believe that there are just too many possible scenarios that call for a split-second response leaving no time to ponder first whether that response would be justified or not, whether that chosen response could be prosecutable or not.  I think that many times officers simply have to go with their gut-feelings and just hope for the best without having to have that 'ax' forever hanging over their neck.</blockquote>