On top of overturning Roe v. Wade and ending 50 years of abortion protections last week, the Supreme Court also made the decision on June 23 to protect police from “Miranda” lawsuits.
As reported by Reuters, the Supreme Court has “transformed a Reconstruction-era law meant to protect the rights of freed slaves and marginalized Americans into a formidable shield for the most powerful, including police, prosecutors and businesses.”
The ruling came about in the Vega v. Tekoh case, in which nurse assistant Terence Tekoh said Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy Carlos Vega didn’t read him his Miranda rights and strong-armed him into confessing to sexual assault and threatening to deport his family. Tekoh was tried and convicted by the State of California twice but has never been found guilty.
