"Every successful insurgency, from the American Revolution to Vietnam to Afghanistan, involved refusing to fight
the war the tyrant was prepared to fight, knowing that the rigid military structure of the enemy inherently
prevented them from adapting rapidly to an unconventional threat. The constant presentation of new forms of warfare negated the material and organizational advantage of the mercenary armies, wore them down, and ultimately defeated them." -- Michael Rivero
Qualified immunity is based on an 1871 ruling that was miscopied when Federal statute was compiled and published in 1874. The all important last sentence, which would have meant police would not have been shielded all these years, was omitted by a scrivener who was later fired for his sloppy work.
