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If we were to distribute the costs across different parties, how could we do it, and who could be included in this distribution? - The suspect - Mr Lech (o
by koliber 7y ago
If we were to distribute the costs across different parties, how could we do it, and who could be included in this distribution?
- The suspect
- Mr Lech (owner of damaged property)
- Mr Lech's insurance
- The police department / other involved agencies / city
- The store from which the belt was stolen
- Insurance for the store from which the belt was stolen
- Individual police officers or superiors who made a call for an excessive reaction
I am sure this is not an exhaustive list, but expands it to more than Mr. Lech vs. the police.
As a mental exercise, let's sort this list by who should be responsible, using whatever metric. When I do it, Mr. Lech comes out on the bottom, regardless of what I use as the criteria. I'd be interested in hearing if anyone can come up with a way where Mr. Lech would be at the top of such a list.
- maest 7y agoNit: "The store from which the belt was stolen" should probably go under Mr Lech - or at least equivalent.
- koliber 7y agoI place it right above Mr. Lech. They were a victim. But they also had a minor amount of [well justified) agency in taking the first steps to create this situation--calling police for minor theft. I am not saying they are wrong in doing so. There are other ways of handling minor theft. Mr. lech was a victim who was completely passive here.
- gmiller123456 7y agoI'd disagree. I don't know the policies of this specific store, but most merchants have policies against their own security trying to apprehend someone or calling the police while they're still on the premises to avoid the possible damage and bad experiences for their customers. Before I'd say they're more of a victim than Mr Lech, I'd at least want to know what they did to stop him.