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Do you think the officers in this case were actually trying to fight crime, or make a petty arrest to a local citizen for an activity protected by 1A?
by babelfish 4y ago
Do you think the officers in this case were actually trying to fight crime, or make a petty arrest to a local citizen for an activity protected by 1A?
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- creato 4y agoThere are two groups of officers described by the parent post: ones who try to fight crime, and "the worst cops". They aren't the same group. The challenge is how to protect the first group and not the second. Would you want to be a cop if every shitbag you arrest is going to sue you for some frivolous crap? You will lose some of those cases even if you are a saint of a police officer.
- karmelapple 4y agoHave medical doctors already solved this through insurance? Not a fantastic solution, and it increases costs, but it does provide due process for people making claims, and allows a court to decide whether a doctor did something wrong. Apply the same to police.
- komali2 4y ago> ones who try to fight crime, and "the worst cops". They aren't the same group. They are the same group, because the ones trying to fight crime will eventually witness a "worst cop" committing a crime, report it, and then get fired. https://www.aclu.org/video/meet-officer-mader-fired-trying-do-right-thing https://www.aclu.org/video/meet-officer-mader-fired-trying-d... https://mfranciswrites.medium.com/5-good-cops-that-got-fired-for-being-good-7637c4b61a84 https://mfranciswrites.medium.com/5-good-cops-that-got-fired... https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/what-police-departments-do-whistle-blowers/613687/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/what-polic...
- mrguyorama 4y agoOr "the worst cops" will be put in charge of training new recruits, made their supervisor, and then ignore their complaints as he kneels on someone's neck until they die