>Qualified immunity only protects individual cops from civil liability, not from criminal liability. Then why is literal theft protected by qualified immunity?

>Qualified immunity only protects individual cops from civil liability, not from criminal liability. Then why is literal theft protected by qualified immunity? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/nicksibilla/2019/09/17/federal-court-cops-accused-of-stealing-over-225000-have-legal-immunity/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/nicksibill...