ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agoAgents claimed one thing, body camera claims another. How odddiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1414arrow-down12
arrow-up1412arrow-down1imageAgents claimed one thing, body camera claims another. How odddiscuss.onlineByteOnBikes@discuss.online to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·9 hours agoI hope she wins a civil lawsuit big enough to actually hurt the agency and ensure she and her hiers never have to work again
minus-squareDandomRude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 hours agoGiven the astronomical budget of this agency, which is equivalent to the military spending of medium-sized countries, this is unfortunately highly unlikely. And, as others have already said: it is the citizens who pay for all of it.
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·4 hours agoWe pay for it by the erosion of the tolerant pluralistic democracy that we inherited but are not presently keeping
minus-squareSir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·5 hours agoOh sweet summer child. The only ones hurt by this are the victim and the tax payers.
minus-squaresnooggums@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·8 hours agoI wish we lived in a world where law enforcement trying to murder someone and lying about it were punished more harshly than the general populace.
minus-squareSanctimoniousApe@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·8 hours agoThe agents won’t pay for this, the public will. There is no real accountability.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 hours agoPolice should be required to carry insurance like doctors. Uninsurable? Unhireable.
I hope she wins a civil lawsuit big enough to actually hurt the agency and ensure she and her hiers never have to work again
Given the astronomical budget of this agency, which is equivalent to the military spending of medium-sized countries, this is unfortunately highly unlikely.
And, as others have already said: it is the citizens who pay for all of it.
We pay for it by the erosion of the tolerant pluralistic democracy that we inherited but are not presently keeping
Oh sweet summer child. The only ones hurt by this are the victim and the tax payers.
I wish we lived in a world where law enforcement trying to murder someone and lying about it were punished more harshly than the general populace.
The agents won’t pay for this, the public will. There is no real accountability.
Police should be required to carry insurance like doctors. Uninsurable? Unhireable.