Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) calls a video that shows police fatally beating 29-year-old Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee, “appalling.” Then, writing on Twitter, Graham suggested a possible compromise on a police-reform package that has been stalled in Congress.
Tyre Nichols. (Courtesy of the Nichols family via AP)
“I oppose civil lawsuits against individual officers,” Graham wrote in a Jan. 29 tweet. “However, holding police departments accountable makes sense, and they should face liability for the misconduct of their officers.”
Graham’s stance addresses “qualified immunity,” a much-debated principle that became a congressional sticking point for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act….