The invisible shield: how qualified immunity was created and how it nearly destroyed the ability to sue police officers in America, Pt. I.

The article reports that 13th, 14th and 15th amendments have been passed in America and mentions freshness of memories of slave auction with Black men elected and appointed to state legislature. Topic discussed include grant to sue government officials who violated constitutional rights of citizens, cost overruns and technical problems in the Lockheed C5 program detected by deputy Earnest Fitzgerald, and judicially created doctrine used to protect law enforcement.