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Qualified Immunity for Rockerfeller in Attica Prison Riot

The Second Circuit held that Governor Rockerfeller enjoyed qualified
immunity even though he authorized armed force to retake the Attica prison.
Akil Al-jundi was on D-yard of Attica prison in 1971 when armed state
police and prison guards stormed the facility, killing ten hostages and
twenty-nine prisoners while wounding eighty ...

 

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