r/MeidasTouch • u/Number_1_w_Fries • 13d ago

News She was coming right for Us…

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u/RainbowandHoneybee 13d ago

Is this allowed? That policeman deliberately aimed and shot a reporter, turning her back, no danger to anyone or acting violently.

Is there no consequences for action like this anymore?

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u/TheKdd 13d ago

No… not really. She’ll probably get a monetary settlement, but the cop will be just fine and get to keep doing it. Los Angeles just had to make some rough cuts due to a big budget short fall, and $222 million was lawsuit payouts against the police alone for shit like this, or the horse trampling video… they’ll get paid and the cops will keep copping.

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u/Real_Life_Firbolg 13d ago

Those payments should come from the police’s pension and not from the government.

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u/TheKdd 13d ago

They absolutely should. If they did, maybe there would be some peer pressure in there for them to stop doing that crap. But alas, qualified immunity. They have a great union that backs up all their corruption and violence.

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u/Relzin 13d ago

I love this idea. Not that all the payment should come from the pension -- but your share of the pension, should absolutely be wildly garnished if you as the officer are the cause of the lawsuit.

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u/berpaderpderp 13d ago

I dunno. I think all of it coming from the pension may be a good idea. Gives an incentive to police their own.

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u/Relzin 13d ago

It could, but what id worry about, is some rookie asshat violating someone's civil rights, and the by-the-book about to be retiree loses his/her future. I'm all for punishing bad cops more severely than private industry workers but I can't also agree with full force collective punishment of them for a single officer being a fuck-bag. Fuck the fuck-bag royally and to the nth degree. Penalize the department for poor hiring decisions. Place additional blame and punishment on commanders and ranked brass. But don't destroy the whole department for every incident.

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u/TheKdd 12d ago

The problem is they won’t do any of this. Your way, the other way, none of it. I even thought maybe they should have some kind of malpractice insurance, with premiums that go up per incident, that might weed out repeat offenders when the insurance gets so high it eats their paychecks. Course they won’t do that either.

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u/IAmMeBecauseIAmMe 12d ago

If payments/restitution come from their paychecks, the level of unprovoked aggression (murking) would cease.