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+The standard is minimizing structural violence. |
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+1. Structural violence causes oppression against particular groups to be invisible. Revealing it forces us to reevaluate our perceptions. This means minimizing structural violence precludes all ethical evaluation. |
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+Winter and Leighton ‘07 (Deborah Du Nann Winter and Dana C. Leighton, professors of psychology, STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE, Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology for the 21st Century, Ohio State University, 2007 (http://academic.marion.ohio-state.edu/dchristie/Peace20Psychology20Book_files/Section20II20-20Structural20Violence20(Winter202620Leighton).pdf |
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+Direct violence is horrific, but its brutality usually gets our attention: we notice |
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+AND |
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+thinking can be fostered by relationships, communication, and appreciation of diversity. |
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+2. Debate should deal with real-world consequences—ideal theories ignore the concrete nature of the world and legitimize oppression |
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+Curry ’14, (Dr. Tommy J. Curry, “The Cost of a Thing: A Kingian Reformulation of a Living Wage Argument in the 21st Century”, Victory Briefs, 2014) |
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+Despite the pronouncement of debate as an activity and intellectual exercise pointing to the real |
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+AND |
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+used to currently justify the living wages in under our contemporary moral parameters. |
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+Contention |
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+The aff’s use of civil suits focuses on punishing individual perpretators of violence – this obscures the endemic violence of police forces |
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+Feldman 15 (Leonard Feldman, Hunter College, CUNY) “Police Violence and the Legal Temporalities of Immunity” LADI |
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+On the same day the Department of Justice declined to prosecute Ferguson Missouri Officer Darren |
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+AND |
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+practice” investigation through consent agreements that relied on “experimentalist regulation.”61 |
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+Alternatives to QI wouldn’t solve. The state would create new legal checks to avoid being a lightning rod for lawsuits |
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+King 16 Andrew (Assistant Prosecuting Attorney). “Keep Qualified Immunity... For Now.” Mimesis Law. 1 July 2016. http://mimesislaw.com/fault- lines/keep-qualified-immunity-for-now/11010 Premier |
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+Finally, that brings us back to qualified immunity. If you get rid of |
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+AND |
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+Mostly, but for qualified immunity, it’s a bonanza for plaintiff’s lawyers. |