That's actually why Qualified Immunity was originally introduced: To prevent courts filling up with potentially spurious cases raised by defendants of other cases or participants of interactions with police.
It was originally conceived to have a much less heavy-handed scope though, but has been strengthened over time to something near-impossible to thwart.
It was originally conceived to have a much less heavy-handed scope though, but has been strengthened over time to something near-impossible to thwart.