The Qualified Immunity Defense Says That

The qualified immunity defense says that

A) an officer is not civilly liable unless he or she violated a clearly established statutory or constitutional right of which a reasonable person would have known.
B) there must have been a violation of a constitutional right or a right given by federal law.
C) both that an officer is not civilly liable and there must have been a violation of a constitutional right or a right given by federal law.
D) None of the answers are correct.