Warning: If you watch the video of the incident make sure you first take your blood pressure medications.
“This settlement is not only a victory for Mr. Espinoza and his family,” Mehr said
Is a settlement really a victory, or is just getting paid the victory?
A cop often has to make a rapid, split-second decision while under pressure. And sometimes that decision will be wrong. That’s what qualified immunity should be for. I get that.
But in this case the cops casually committed a crime. No time pressure here. The older driver did absolutely nothing wrong. He was told to leave the scene (a place where he had a right to be). Then he was told to stay.
Then he was brutally assaulted. These cops should be more than just fired. They should be in prison.
The settlement is token compared to what’s swirling in my mind after watching that.
Those deputies should be in prison, not just fired
Unfortunately, the taxpayers end up paying and the cops just move along to the next town or state and get a job as an officer there. In 2020 Colorado ended qualified immunity so I hope at least some of this settlement is coming from the cops themselves.
This is where we are heading very fast. That along with the lack of a well thought out sentence-”...has settled a lawsuit with a 71-year-old man who deputies allegedly tased 35 times in 2022 for $1.5 million.”
Should have heeded your warning but I’ll settle down..
THAT was as bad as it gets. I wouldn’t have been surprised to see them pull out their REAL guns..so it could have been worse. Whatever price the officers themselves had to pay wasn’t enough IMO.
Didn’t the cops need probable cause?
What is the law when police demand you give up your rights?
Pretty good income for a little shocking.....
If you can stand the sting then enjoy the money
and set up your family with it also.
A settlement pad by the county and its insurance company does nothing to hold anyone accountable. The victim certainly deserves compensation but the thugs got away with the abuse.
Tell me how this fixes the problem.
Yup, watching this video my blood pressure went up from anger. Mr. Espinoza should take some of his 1.5 Million and use it to sue these Cops. Don’t let up. Make it hurt. $$$$$$$$$$$
Slow law enforcement day ? It was just a friggin traffic stop that ends up costing 1.5 Million and 2 Cops their jobs. Talk about unhinged rage over nothing by the Cops. Wow......Hopefully the video is used for education in training of what NOT to do.
I detect a common denominator here.
The settlement should have came out of the Sheriff’s Operating Budget. or out of the Deputies Retirement Fund. Instead of being paid by the taxpayers.
Seems like the acronym FAFO applies here to Mr. Espinoza.
Was it worth mouthing off, getting tazed 35 times and collecting 1.5M?
And the cops doing FAFO? They just only lost their jobs.