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This actually prevents case law from being established. If it's plainly evident that tasing pregnant women for refusing to sign paper is bad, but no high profil

This actually prevents case law from being established. If it's plainly evident that tasing pregnant women for refusing to sign paper is bad, but no high profile case has established it, no lawyer will pursue such a case because there will be no payout. It's a mechanism for cops to do what they want and face no civil consequences.

tanderson92 6y ago
It's actually worse than that, if you can believe that that is possible: https://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1198&context=law_fac_pubs https://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1198&c...
thephyber 6y ago
No payout is not always a problem. Civic organizations like EFF and ACLU push cases frequently to establish exactly those types of precedent. Granted, their resources are far more limited than all profit-seeking civil attorneys.