I was reading about qualified immunity and thought of this thread.
There's a legal obstacle that's nearly impossible to overcome when police officers and government officials violate our constitutional and civil rights.
www.usatoday.com
It's sad. And nothing anyone can do about it. I think this policeman might be fired, that's all.
At least now we know how the system works. Otherwise it was very frustrating. I thought it was personal, but it's not.
Soon all people will realise that reasons in any decision should be taken with a grain of salt.
Here's a story.
VCAT was pointed to the evidence it "misread".
VCAT was told that their published reasons are false and misleading.
Their response was:
"reasons have now been published, they will not be corrected. "
Then, VCAT was asked these questions:
- Is VCAT Human Rights division happy for reasons to be false and misleading?
- Is VCAT Human Rights division implying that it's fair?
- Is VCAT Human Rights division happy (or considers it to be OK) for the public to be mislead by publishing false and misleading information?
It took VCAT 28 days to provide a response after a number of follow ups.
Their response was:
VCAT does not answer the sort of questions.
That doesn't sound like they follow their own service commitment:
We aim for service excellence by being: approachable, responsive, accessible, informal, timely, fair, impartial, consistent, professional and efficient.
VCAT is a low cost, accessible, efficient and independent tribunal delivering high quality dispute resolution processes, including through alternative dispute resolution.
www.vcat.vic.gov.au
And there's nothing anyone can do about it. 😞
RIP justice.