Read the entire history. While I tend to stay away from encyclopedias, this listing is an excellent explanation of the KKK Act which was passed to protect newly freed slaves and the only section of the act that survives today is section 1983

Read: Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871: https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/law/law/ku-klux-klan-act

You need to read the entire history. While I tend to stay away from encyclopedias, this listing is an excellent explanation of the KKK Act which was passed to protect newly freed slaves and the only section of the act that survives today is section 1983 which is discussed in pg. 448 of the textbook= “U.S. Civil Rights Act (sec. 1983) Actions”

Listen:

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/876212065  (21 mins)

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/872470083  (3 mins)

Watch: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmoPUWGc1WY (2:32) Cato Institute-conservative think tank supports ending qualified immunity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUmPSppj2YQ (7 mins) Controversy of Qualified immunity

Question #1: Should we end qualified immunity for the police? Refer to all sources in the answer.

Question #2: Share one concept that you learned or something that surprised you from reading/videos and or radio clips. 

Listen:

https://www.npr.org/2009/11/04/120098210/high-court-weighs-prosecutors-immunity   (6 mins)

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120069519  (7 mins)

Read:

https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2020/7/10/21310556/bad-prosecutors-accountable-supreme-court-qualified-prosecutorial-immunity-john-thompson

Question #3: Should we end functional/absolute immunity for prosecutors? Refer to all sources, please.