Is the Supreme Court helping with bad cops?

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Today's Opinions   Thursday, September 2 The Supreme Court needs to make clear it won't shield bad cops We are so close to the weekend! Here's what we have for you today. We have a variety of content today, including an editorial about police accountability and qualified immunity. We also have a column about reminding your loved ones about your feelings for them and another about the racial trauma one reporter experienced during her childhood. The Supreme Court needs to make clear it won't shield bad cops By The Editorial Board For decades, the Supreme Court has shielded police and prison guards from accountability even when they violate people's rights in the most outrageous ways.  But in recent rulings, the court signaled it may finally have had enough of the bizarre shield it created for cops and corrections officers – a doctrine known as qualified immunity. Today's Editorial Cartoon Mike Thompson, USA TODAY USA TODAY Network • September political cartoon gallery from the USA TODAY Network As death tightens around us, don't hesitate to tell loved one how you feel By Mitch Albom As he lay dying, slowly, from ALS, I once asked my old college professor, Morrie Schwartz, what he thought about people wanting to leave the world with famous last words. "I think," he said, his voice raspy and weak, "you need really good timing." He was right. None of us know when our final moment will descend, and when it does, what we're saying is rarely the concern. The same goes in reverse. Trying to time your last words to a dying loved one is a tricky business. I have learned a valuable lesson in this. Don't wait. Reporting for NBC's Southlake podcast on racial tensions revived my own childhood memories By Antonia Hylton It's been a little more than a decade, but when I look back on the final months before my high school graduation I still feel bitter. I should have been celebrating my greatest achievement up to that point: I had finished four years of hard work and I was heading off to Harvard. Instead, I was humiliated.  A group of classmates was furious about my college acceptance. I was one of the few Black kids in a class of more than 400 students, and I had taken – and excelled in – advanced courses with many of them. Just hours after my acceptance, they started telling everyone in school that I'd only gotten in because I was Black. As an insecure 17-year-old I was mostly preoccupied with the public humiliation, but I had enough sense to know that the rage they felt was about something much bigger than me or my Black family. Columns you might've missed • Opioid addiction kills. But so does limiting pain medication. • Texas abortion law takes effect as Supreme Court silent • Gun violence: Texas weakens its gun laws despite my family's plea This newsletter was compiled by Jaden Amos. Discover more with our newsletters: Get the latest headlines, things to do and more in your inbox. Sign up here.   FOLLOW US Problem viewing email? View in browser Unsubscribe • Manage Newsletters • Terms of Service • Privacy Policy/Your California Privacy Rights • Privacy Notice • Do Not Sell My Info/Cookie Policy • Feedback © 2021 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22102