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BOSTON — The contentious debate over qualified immunity for police officers returned to Beacon Hill this week as law enforcement leaders forcefully pushed back against a bill that would ease the path for civil rights claims against officers in Massachusetts courts.
At a Joint Committee on the Judiciary hearing Tuesday, police chiefs opposed a measure that would remove the requirement that plaintiffs prove “threats, intimidation or coercion” in civil rights lawsuits brought against law enforcement officers. The bill was filed by committee co-chair Rep. Michael Day (D-Stoneham)…