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Thoughts? Exactly the wrong thing to do. Civil penalties will be never be sufficient to deter bad behavior like this. Letting cops (or rent-a-cops) carry "in
by kafkaesq 10y ago
Thoughts?
Exactly the wrong thing to do. Civil penalties will be never be sufficient to deter bad behavior like this. Letting cops (or rent-a-cops) carry "insurance" will even further shield them from the true costs of their action -- and deaden their inborn capacities for empathy and common sense even further, also.
Simply put, in egregious and utterly indefensible cases like these, law enforcement officials need to held criminally liable for their actions. That means: jail time; felony convictions (where appropriate); and temporary or (where appropriate) lifetime bans on the privilege of serving in a similar capacity, in either the public or private sphere.
And in this case of what happened to Arnold Black -- all of the above (including a lifetime ban) would seem to be entirely appropriate.
- millzlane 10y ago>That means: jail time; felony convictions (where appropriate); and temporary or (where appropriate) lifetime bans on the privilege of serving in a similar capacity, in either the public or private sphere.And in this case, all of the above (including a lifetime ban) would seem to be entirely appropriate. Well said. They're citizens working for citizens. They should be shielded no more than a first time offender guilty of ANY violent crime.
- jrs235 10y agoExactly. Imagine what would happen to you or me if we detained and locked someone in a room for five days. On a similar note, many states have pretty hefty consequences if you leave a pet in a vehicle and it dies. Every once in a while a police officer will leave s service dog in a vehicle and it will die and the police want to exempt themselves from the same consequences...