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To: roadcat
Those cops should be sued for every penny they have, besides the city being sued for millions.

Should the city's taxpayers be penalized for the misbehavior of those cops?

103 posted on 02/11/2019 8:58:08 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: JimRed

Yes. Be ready for a huge jump in liability insurance.


105 posted on 02/11/2019 9:00:01 AM PST by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: JimRed

IIRC the city (taxpayers) are responsible for compensatory damages. If punitive damages are awarded in court that can come out of the cops pocket.


113 posted on 02/11/2019 9:53:49 AM PST by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: JimRed
Should the city's taxpayers be penalized for the misbehavior of those cops?

Yes. Particularly if the behavior is condoned by bureaucrats, made known to them but no action is taken. Cities pay out millions all the time for not correcting criminal behavior by their employees. This incident happened quite a while ago, and the cop is still on the force. Now that a federal lawsuit is happening, they will finally be forced to take action against the cop and change training procedures.

151 posted on 02/11/2019 8:46:35 PM PST by roadcat
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