A matter which is pending before the Court is called sub judice. Parties to such a matter should not do anything that would affect the outcome of the case.
An event that breaks the string of legal motive and may result in the defendant not being criticised for the consequences of their action.
In constitutional law of the United States, police power is the ability to regulate the behaviour of states and enforce order in their territory for the betterment of the health, safety, morality and general welfare of their residents.
Qualified immunity takes away the opposite avenue that victims of police violence ought to have offered to carry police responsible.