Ohio attorney general certifies proposed ban on police immunity after loss at US Supreme Court

APNews - 01:15
Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said he has put aside his objections and allowed a proposed constitutional amendment that would end special legal protections for police and other government employees to move forward.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Prompted by a stinging defeat at the U.S. Supreme Court, Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Tuesday said he was putting aside his objections and allowing a proposed constitutional amendment that would end qualified immunity for police and other government employees to move forward.

Yost’s action came the same day the high court declined to stay a preliminary injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, which sided with the measure’s backers that their First Amendment rights to ...
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