Over 700k per cop.
Make them hold insurance like doctors do. Otherwise the rest of us will continue to subsidize police violence.
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I really believe this would work. If you had to carry insurance to be a cop, then the premiums for bad cops would rise to the point where it no longer makes sense for any police force to employ them.
gotta get rid of the psychopaths entrenched in the police organizations first
Don't forget the police unions enabling all that shit
Maybe we could defund them and start the process?
Defunding is not the answer.
Then what is the answer? Giving them more money to buy military equipment?
hey man, maybe it's just impossible to do really shitty policing for any less than that.. the economics of violence, man.. you bring a bat, i bring a Maserati Urban Assault Mech and a bunch of armed psychopaths with badges.. it's just MATH.. Chicago taxpayers should be grateful..
How come none of this type of stuff is mentioned when I watch the show Chicago PD?
Or ANY cop show, that just glosses over all this shit... In fact they all at some point have some plotline where there is "one" bad cop, and of course the department holds them accountable and they are dealt with...
They are all propaganda bullshit.
I think Brooklyn 99 did a pretty decent job. Terry Crews' character gets racially profiled and he lodges a complaint and gets a ton of pushback (and is only supported by his gay black police chief), and in several episodes the Union Rep is the bad guy, and push for reform leads to a "Blue Flu." It definitely shows negative and positive on the show.
Brooklyn 99 definitely skated the line of copaganda , the last season showed how their Unions act and why no one is ever held accountable or minimally.
The government has abused its power to classify and protect information. It shouldn't take newspaper investigations to find out where our tax money is going.
I still haven't seen the uvalde tapes. What authority are they using to keep public information from the public and who granted the police this power?
They're using the authority of the executive branch. Granted by themselves and validated by the judicial branch.
We could seek balance through the legislative branch.
Hope we get more articles like this. I'm sure there will be some heads that turn when they realize their taxes are being put into lawsuits.
It's just taxpayer money - lots more where that came from.
Would love to see the full list of officer names.
That's ok. Just put up some more red light cameras and send out the Lincoln Park Pirates and that budget hole will be filled in no time.