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	1	+==Justice Aff – Police==
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	3	+
	4	+====I affirm the resolution====
	5	+
	6	+
	7	+===Contention 1, is my value and criterion===
	8	+
	9	+
	10	+====My value is justice—real justice comes from the equal treatment of all in society. Justice is valuing diversity and ensuring equal protection from violations of discrimination and well being====
	11	+**Robinson explains** (Matthew Robinson, PhD, Challenging Injustice, Department of Government and Justice Studies, What is Social Justice?," No Publication, http://gjs.appstate.edu/social-justice-and-human-rights/what-social-justice, Accessed: 11-8-2016, /Kent Denver-MB)
	12	+Social justice is defined as "... promoting a just society by challenging injustice and valuing
	13	+AND
	14	+characteristic of background or group membership" (Toowoomba Catholic Education, 2006).
	15	+
	16	+
	17	+====Specifically, states should be judged based on their capacity to deliver justice====
	18	+**Robinson explains** (Matthew Robinson, PhD, Challenging Injustice, Department of Government and Justice Studies, What is Social Justice?," No Publication, http://gjs.appstate.edu/social-justice-and-human-rights/what-social-justice, Accessed: 11-8-2016, /Kent Denver-MB)
	19	+Miller clearly points out that, when considering policies to allocate advantages and disadvantages,
	20	+AND
	21	+a culture of social justice (Miller, 2003: 12-13).
	22	+
	23	+
	24	+====My criterion is challenging racism—ending racism is the foundation for all justice and morality—ethics built on racial exclusion are inherently unjust====
	25	+Albert **Memmi 2k**, Professor Emeritus of Sociology @ U of Paris, Naiteire, Racism, Translated by Steve Martinot, p. 163-165
	26	+The struggle against racism will be long, difficult, without intermission, without remission
	27	+AND
	28	+. True, it is a wager, but the stakes are irresistible.
	29	+
	30	+
	31	+====A society that allows for racial discrimination cannot be a just society, because it denies individuals equal treatment and protection under the law. The judge should determine who best upholds justice by voting for the action that ensures that more equal protection under the law is possible====
	32	+
	33	+
	34	+===Contention 2, is Police Brutality ===
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	36	+
	37	+====Qualified immunity protects and promotes police brutality—it enables forms of violence from police on black people and communities that is shielded from legal recourse—And, their crime disadvantage links are wrong and based on bad policing and not rooted in empirical evidence, ====
	38	+**Wright 15**, Wright, Sam. 2016. "Want To Fight Police Misconduct? Reform Qualified Immunity". Above The Law. Accessed October 4 2016. http://abovethelaw.com/2015/11/want-to-fight-police-misconduct-reform-qualified-immunity/?rf=1.
	39	+Recently, police have been killing and otherwise abusing people of color with what seems
	40	+AND
	41	+want to see justice done, we should push to make it happen.
	42	+
	43	+
	44	+====Police brutality is racially targeted and perpetuates a system of structural violence against black people====
	45	+**Ragland 2014** (David Ragland, Writing For Peacevoice, Is A Visiting Assistant Professor Of Education At Bucknell University, Board Member For The Peace and Justice Association And United Nations Representative For The International Peace Research Association., 8-14-2014, Michael Brown and America’s Structural Violence Epidemic," Common Dreams, http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/14/michael-brown-and-americas-structural-violence-epidemic, Accessed: 11-8-2016, /Kent Denver-MB)
	46	+I flew into St. Louis on Saturday, August 9, to celebrate the
	47	+AND
	48	+With structural racism’s harmful, dehumanizing images, the enemy insurgents are Black.
	49	+
	50	+
	51	+====Structural racism is a controlling impact that shapes how violence and inequality are distributed in society, its responsible for forms of everyday violence====
	52	+**Lawrence and Keleher, 2004**
	53	+Chronic Disparity: Strong and Pervasive Evidence of Racial Inequalities POVERTY OUTCOMES Structural Racism By Keith Lawrence, Aspen Institute on Community Change and Terry Keleher, Applied Research Center at UC Berkeley For the Race and Public Policy Conference 2004, http://www.intergroupresources.com/rc/Definitions20of20Racism.pdf, /Bingham-MB
	54	+Structural Racism Definition: Structural Racism in the U.S. is the normalization
	55	+AND
	56	+they act in ways that advantage and disadvantage people, based on race.
	57	+
	58	+
	59	+====And, we must reject every instance of racism====
	60	+Joseph **Barndt**, Co-Director, Crossroads, DISMANTLING RACISM, **1991**, p. 155-156
	61	+The limitations imposed on people of color by poverty, subservience, and powerlessness are
	62	+AND
	63	+of the world and ourselves, we dare not allow it to continue.
	64	+
	65	+
	66	+===Contention 3, is constitutional protections===
	67	+
	68	+
	69	+====In practice, Qualified immunity means that all litigation against police officers are blocked and deterred – it prevents any meaningful pursuit of justice and blocks remedies for violations of individuals constitutional rights====
	70	+**Chen 15**, Qualified Immunity Limiting Access to Justice and Impeding Development of the Law
	71	+"Qualified Immunity Limiting Access To Justice And Impeding Development Of The Law". 2016. Americanbar.Org. Accessed October 10 2016. http://www.americanbar.org/publications/human'rights'magazine'home/2015—vol—41-/vol—41—no—1—-lurking-in-the-shadows—the-supreme-court-s-qui/qualified-immunity-limiting-access-to-justice-and-impeding-devel.html. Kent Denver RC
	72	+In 2003, the assistant principal at 13-year-old Savana Redding’s middle
	73	+AND
	74	+assumes that a significant percentage of constitutional tort claims are frivolous. Id.
	75	+
	76	+
	77	+====And, you must reject violations of individual’s constitutional rights—it is a moral side constraint====
	78	+Petro 74
	79	+Professor of Law @ Wake Forest University. University of Toledo Law Review Spring 1974, page. 480
	80	+However, one may still insist, echoing Ernest Hemingway—"I believe in only
	81	+AND
	82	+every invasion of freedom must be emphatically identified and resisted with undying spirit.
	83	+
	84	+
	85	+====Removing qualified immunity solves violations of victims constitutional rights 2 reasons:====
	86	+
	87	+
	88	+====First, trials give a legal avenue to sue for violations of rights and remedy violations====
	89	+
	90	+
	91	+====Second, the trials themselves will reveal information about police conduct that provide the basis for future reforms to policing – even if the trial doesn’t solve misconduct the information based reforms created by the trials will====
	92	+**Bernick 2015** (Evan Bernick, is the Assistant Director of the Center for Judicial Engagement at the Institute for Justice, a libertarian public interest law firm, 5-6-2015, Why Do Police Get Immunity?," No Publication, https://fee.org/articles/to-hold-police-accountable-dont-give-them-immunity/, Accessed: 11-5-2016, /Kent Denver-MB)
	93	+The sad fact is that is often effectively impossible to hold police officers accountable for
	94	+AND
	95	+granted, discovery stops, and there is no trial on the merits.
	96	+
	97	+
	98	+====Solves – boosts accountability====
	99	+**Bernick 2015** (Evan Bernick, is the Assistant Director of the Center for Judicial Engagement at the Institute for Justice, a libertarian public interest law firm, 5-6-2015, Why Do Police Get Immunity?," No Publication, https://fee.org/articles/to-hold-police-accountable-dont-give-them-immunity/, Accessed: 11-5-2016, /Kent Denver-MB)
	100	+What needs to happen? Simply put, qualified immunity has to go. It
	101	+AND
	102	+officers currently enjoy with a realistic avenue for the vindication of constitutional rights.

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	1	+Ethan Rahman

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	1	+Southlake Carroll JC

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	1	+Kent Denver London Aff

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	1	+1AC Police Brutality

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	1	+Glenbrooks