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	1	+====Moral uncertainty means that preventing extinction comes first under any moral framework.====
	2	+Bostrom 12 ~~Nick Bostrom. Faculty of Philosophy and Oxford Martin School University of Oxford. "Existential Risk Prevention as Global Priority." Global Policy (2012)~~
	3	+These reflections on moral uncertainty suggest an alternative, complementary way of looking at existential
	4	+AND
	5	+to increase the probability that the future will contain a lot of value.
	6	+
	7	+
	8	+
	9	+==DA:==
	10	+
	11	+
	12	+====Police don't pay legal fees, are unaware of complaints and potential liability doesn't alter actions—aff solves nothing. ====
	13	+De Stefan 16 ~~Lindsey de Stefan, ~~JD Candidate, Seton Hall University School of Law~~, "No Man is Above the Law and No Man is Below It: How Qualified Immunity Reform Could Create Accountability and Curb Widespread Police Misconduct," Seton Hall Law Student Scholarship, July 26, 2016 (2017 Academic Year)~~
	14	+The Court specifically fears that financial liability, in the form of paying compensatory damages
	15	+AND
	16	+does not actually alter most officers' on-the-job actions.101
	17	+
	18	+
	19	+====Less than half of one percent of officers ever give up a dime due to indemnification.====
	20	+Rosenberg: Rosenberg, Paul Contributor, Salon "We must make the police pay: When cops go too far, they must feel the pain too." Salon. May 2015.
	21	+One key indicator of this is how often officers who hurt or even kill citizens
	22	+AND
	23	+they shine on the deeply troubling and poorly understood subject of police misconduct.
	24	+
	25	+
	26	+====This destroys poor, Black communities – they pay more for police violence.====
	27	+Phillip 15: Phillip, Abby Contributor, The Washington Post "Why the poor often pay for police misconduct with their pocketbooks." The Washington Post. June 2015
	28	+Floyd Dent, a black man from Inkster, Mich., was pulled over for
	29	+AND
	30	+within the department, it's not a reason to complain about the constitution."
	31	+
	32	+
	33	+====And drains city budgets.====
	34	+Elinson and Frosch 15 Zusha Elinson and Dan Frosch, Cost of Police-Misconduct Cases Soars in Big U.S. Cities, WSJ, 7-15-2015, Accessible Online at http://www.wsj.com/articles/cost-of-police-misconduct-cases-soars-in-big-u-s-cities-1437013834 SW 11-1-2016
	35	+For most of the police departments surveyed by the Journal, the costliest claims were
	36	+AND
	37	+money into that fund to pay for the lawsuits has really been challenging."
	38	+
	39	+
	40	+====City budgets key to the national economy. ====
	41	+Morath 16 Eric; covers the economy from The Wall Street Journal's Washington Bureau; 10/26/2016; "Slowdown in State, Local Investment Dents U.S. Economy"; http://www.wsj.com/articles/slowdown-in-state-local-investment-dents-u-s-economy-1477495758; JLB (11/5/16)
	42	+A sharp pullback in spending by cities and states on infrastructure—from highways to
	43	+AND
	44	+rising, leaving many states with little discretion to deploy tax dollars elsewhere.
	45	+
	46	+
	47	+====That makes nuclear war probable – O'Hanlon and Lieberthal 12====
	48	+Michael O'Hanlon, Ph.D., is a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, specializing in defense and foreign policy issues. Kenneth Lieberthal, Ph.D., is a senior fellow in Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development at Brookings. "The real national security threat: America's debt," July 3, LA Times Op-Ed, http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/03/opinion/la-oe-ohanlon-fiscal-reform-20120703
	49	+Lastly, American economic weakness undercuts U.S. leadership abroad. Other countries
	50	+AND
	51	+regions will likely become less stable. Major war will become more likely.
	52	+
	53	+
	54	+====Extinction====
	55	+**Wickersham 10** - University of Missouri adjunct professor of Peace Studies and a member of The Missouri University Nuclear Disarmament Education Team, author book about nuclear disarmament education (Bill, 4/11/10, "Threat of 'nuclear winter' remains New START treaty is step in right direction." http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/apr/11/threat-of-nuclear-winter-remains/)
	56	+In addressing the environmental consequences of nuclear war, Columbian Steve Starr has written a
	57	+AND
	58	+war fought with thousands of strategic nuclear weapons would leave the Earth uninhabitable."
	59	+
	60	+==DA==
	61	+
	62	+====QI prevents frivolous lawsuits Taddei 12====
	63	+John P. Taddei 12 J.D. Northwestern University School of Law, "Beyond Absolute Immunity: Alternative Protections for Prosecutors Against Ulitmate Liability for 1983 Suits," Northwestern University Law Review, Volume 106, Number 4, 2012,
	64	+The Court itself has acknowledged that qualified immunity is adequate to protect an official from
	65	+AND
	66	+willing to take a step back from a regime of absolute prosecutorial immunity.
	67	+
	68	+
	69	+====Aff empirically clogs courts.====
	70	+Noll, David L. "Qualified Immunity in Limbo: Rights, Procedure, and the Social Costs of Damages Litigation Against Public Officials." NYUL Rev. 83 (2008): 911. MS
	71	+In the context of ordinary civil litigation between two private parties, the total (
	72	+AND
	73	+and has undoubtedly affected the development of the modern qualified immunity doctrine.53
	74	+
	75	+
	76	+====Federal Courts are at risk of case overload – dockets are full – aff risks patent protections, U.S. economic decline, and judicial ineffectiveness that turns the entire aff====
	77	+Clark '15 ("Federal Court Caseloads Threaten Constitutional Protections," pg online @ https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2015/mar/4/federal-court-caseloads-threaten-constitutional-protections/ ghs-ef
	78	+Civil and criminal case filings in federal courts have grown dramatically over the past two
	79	+AND
	80	+to address increasing federal court caseloads and the need to fill judicial vacancies?
	81	+
	82	+
	83	+==DA==
	84	+
	85	+
	86	+====The aff deters people from wanting to join the police.====
	87	+Jonathan M. Hyman, ~~Associate Professor of Law, Rutgers~~, "Qualified Immunity Reconsidered," Wayne Law Review, Vol. 27, 1981.
	88	+Qualified immunity is justified by the same governmental need which justifies absolute immunity. Governmental
	89	+AND
	90	+The issue examined in this article is whether this compromise can be justified.
	91	+
	92	+
	93	+====Less officers on patrol means that they will be overworked.====
	94	+Briana Harper, "Study: Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio police among most overworked," WCPO Cincinnati, http://www.wcpo.com/news/crime/study-kentucky-indiana-ohio-police-among-most-overworked, November 2, 2016
	95	+The Tri-State is one of the top areas where police officers are said
	96	+AND
	97	+as opposed to something that would be nice to have," he said.
	98	+
	99	+
	100	+====Overworked officers turns the case because it causes police brutality. Police are not racist and don't use excessive force when they are cognitively in control, however stress and fatigue cause biases to reign supreme. Turns whole case.====
	101	+Jonathan Page, Professor, cognitive neuroscientist, and co-founder of the World is Round, LLC, "Can stress and fatigue affect officer bias and decision-making?" Police One, http://www.policeone.com/use-of-force/articles/8686228-Can-stress-and-fatigue-affect-officer-bias-and-decision-making/, July 22, 2015
	102	+Lab studies have shown that police officers do not consider race in their decision to
	103	+AND
	104	+their decisions to shoot on identifying a weapon, not on racial biases.
	105	+
	106	+
	107	+====CP Text: The United States federal government will require rigorous and sustained training to police officers on a quarterly basis and follow all recommendations made by Elzie et al 15:====
	108	+Johnetta Elzie, Deray Mckesson, Samuel Sinyangwe, and Brittany Packnett "Training" Campaign Zero http://www.joincampaignzero.org/train 01-15-2015
	109	+The current training regime for police officers fails to effectively teach them how to interact
	110	+AND
	111	+who are differently abled De-escalation and minimizing the use of force.
	112	+
	113	+
	114	+====CP 1) solves for biased law enforcement, 2) is key to create value re-orientation with Black communities and the police force, 3) is the only way to solve, SQUO police training fails-police default to handcuffing and shooting.====
	115	+Phillip Swarts, "Police need better training and community relations, presidential task force is told," Washington Times, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/13/police-brutality-solutions-are-training-community-/, January 13, 2015
	116	+Law enforcement and elected officials told a presidential task force Tuesday that police need better
	117	+AND
	118	+have officers from all communities, both cultural and racial.
	119	+
	120	+
	121	+====Turn – reactionary measures would undermine rights for the people the Aff tries to help ====
	122	+**Schwartz 14**. Joanna C. Schwartz, ~~Assistant Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law~~, "Police Indemnification," New York University Law Review, Vol. 89, 2014.
	123	+Any prescriptions should also be made with the understanding that modifications to one area of
	124	+AND
	125	+an effort to discourage weak suits or indemnify fewer officers to reduce costs.
	126	+
	127	+
	128	+====Turn—Civil litigation only makes police officers more violent. Patton '93====
	129	+ALISON L. PATTON - Member, Third Year Class; B.A. 1988, University of California, Berkeley. "The Endless Cycle of Abuse: Why 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Is Ineffective in Deterring Police Brutality." Hastings Law Journal. March 1993. Accessed off HeinOnline. JJN
	130	+A. The Prevalence of Repeat Offenders Throughout the United States, the police officers
	131	+AND
	132	+a rookie, and then escalates because no one stops it early on."

EntryDate

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	1	+2016-12-10 01:39:25.490

Judge

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	1	+Nicholas Genna

Opponent

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	1	+St Andrews Episcopal BM

ParentRound

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	1	+3

Round

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	1	+2

Team

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	1	+Santa Monica Evans Neg

Title

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	1	+NC-Indemnification DA, Court Clog DA, Lack of Police DA, Training CP

Tournament

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	1	+Isidore Newman Invitational