By Nick Sibilla In a welcome win for police accountability, the New Jersey Supreme Court this spring set an important limit on qualified immunity. This controversial legal doctrine shields all government employees from liability, unless they violated an individual’s “clearly established” constitutional rights. Hamid Harris, who was wrongly accused of committing a string of armed robberies in Newark. After police obtained an improper search warrant, Harris was arrested and forced to spend 66 days in jail. He even lost his job while behind bars. Ultimately, prosecutors dropped all charges agains…
