CA11: Officer’s alleged lies to get arrest warrant denies QI

“With that in mind, we affirm the district court’s denial of qualified immunity. As indicated above, we accept for purposes of this appeal that Gill falsified information in the affidavits supporting his arrest warrants and therefore, he would not have had arguable probable cause to arrest Brown. All three crimes–impersonation of a police officer, obstruction, and loitering or prowling- are inherently predicated on an officer’s factual determinations and lack the sort of independent verification available in evaluating the existence of probable cause for other crimes. If Gill lied in explaining why he believed Brown committed those offenses, it is difficult to imagine how arguable probable cause existed to arrest him for them.” Brown v. Gill, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 34335 (11th Cir. Nov. 19, 2019).*

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