The author notes that the rulings:

• Allow police officers to shoot at a vehicle involved in a high-speed chase and keep shooting until the chase ends
• Protect local governments from liability unless it is proved that the city’s or county’s own policy—not just the government employee—violated the Constitution
• Provide that a government officer can be held liable only if “every reasonable official” would have known that his conduct was unlawful. 

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