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I actually don't understand why. The state violated her rights, giving her perfectly reasonable grounds for a civil tort - rather than go through the process (and likely pay at least a million, people were pissed), they state gives her a smooth 500K in exchange for never getting sued.
This is actually kind of the ideal situation (outside the arrest not happening in the first place) - you get the matter resolved and without clogging up the court system or having exorbitant legal fees. I really don't see the issue.
I actually don't understand why. The state violated her rights, giving her perfectly reasonable grounds for a civil tort - rather than go through the process (and likely pay at least a million, people were _pissed_), they state gives her a smooth 500K in exchange for never getting sued.
This is actually kind of the ideal situation (outside the arrest not happening in the first place) - you get the matter resolved and _without_ clogging up the court system or having exorbitant legal fees. I really don't see the issue.
for a day's distress a city should lose an officer on the streets for 5-10 years? nahhhh
a couple grand, the officer being fired and serious updating to officers' training is reasonable. earning enough to retire on at the taxpayers' expense? nahhhh
for a day's distress a city should lose an officer on the streets for 5-10 years? nahhhh
a couple grand, the officer being fired and serious updating to officers' training is reasonable. earning enough to retire on at the taxpayers' expense? nahhhh
Quibbling about the amount is fine. But the principal is solid here for her getting something from the state, or possibly the man himself. He was acting as an agent of the state, so I think they are also responsible to some extent.
And I don't mind the officer being fired. He very clearly abused his power; and a normal citizen has no power in that scenario. You can't resist in the moment, because you get shot. So you just have to go along with it for now, and hope it all turns out OK, which there's no guarantee it will.
When people realize they've screwed up somehow, and now they're worried about the job, how to support their family, perception of them - now all of a sudden, there's lots of inventive to maybe bend the truth a little bit. And with the enormous power of the state behind them, a power few citizens can ever hope to realistically fight, I say the punishment fits the crime here.
Quibbling about the amount is fine. But the principal is solid here for her getting something from the state, or possibly the man himself. He was acting as an agent of the state, so I think they are also responsible to some extent.
And I don't mind the officer being fired. He very clearly abused his power; and a normal citizen has _no_ power in that scenario. You can't resist in the moment, because you get shot. So you just have to go along with it for now, and hope it all turns out OK, which there's no guarantee it will.
When people realize they've screwed up somehow, and now they're worried about the job, how to support their family, perception of them - now all of a sudden, there's lots of inventive to maybe _bend the truth_ a little bit. And with the enormous power of the state behind them, a power few citizens can ever hope to realistically fight, I say the punishment fits the crime here.
Good for her. The state got off easy. What makes this case different from other abuse cases was that this one was not a split-second life-or-death decision with a weapon involved. Everyone was aware of the law and the hospital policy on this case. It was explained to the cop and the watch commander by the nurse and the hospital administrator. They had time to think about what they should do and they decided that the law didn't matter and the cops can do what they want and to make an example of her for opposing them. She was violently arrested for that in front of her fellow employees to send a message. This was a cold and calculated abuse of power. The only reason we would have ever found out about this was because of the body cam. I'm glad the cop got fired, but he also needs to be serving jail time for this along with the watch commander, who only got demoted despite him being the one who ordered the arrest.