ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoAgents claimed one thing, body camera claims another. How odddiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1806arrow-down14
arrow-up1802arrow-down1imageAgents claimed one thing, body camera claims another. How odddiscuss.onlineByteOnBikes@discuss.online to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square31linkfedilink
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·2 days 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-squaresnooggums@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76·2 days 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-up36·2 days agoThe agents won’t pay for this, the public will. There is no real accountability.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 days agoPolice should be required to carry insurance like doctors. Uninsurable? Unhireable.
minus-squareDandomRude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 day 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-up6arrow-down2·1 day 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-up13arrow-down1·1 day agoOh sweet summer child. The only ones hurt by this are the victim and the tax payers.
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
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.
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.