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Which leads to these nightmare scenarios where actual defense attorneys and union officials ask in earnest "Why is this officer being held liable for forcible r
by petsfed 4y ago
Which leads to these nightmare scenarios where actual defense attorneys and union officials ask in earnest "Why is this officer being held liable for forcible rape of a minor today, when such behavior was already found to be immune 90 years ago?" [1]
Something that gets tossed around a lot for firearms is a national database of owners. I think there's a variety of problems with that idea, but I really don't understand why we don't have such a thing for police officers. Like, what is the harm in having a federal database of every officer of the peace, so in the future, somebody like Derek Colling can't be fired for assaulting a photographer, find work 2 states away where he then shoots a prone, incapacitated man in the back, twice[2]. Like, that shouldn't have happened in the first place. We have such a system for doctors and lawyers and engineers. Why not police?
1. https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/06/09/patrick-rose-boston-police-files-sexual-assault https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/06/09/patrick-rose-boston-pol...
2. https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/settlement-reached-in-albany-county-officer-shooting-case/article_1e94c716-d56a-11ec-af3f-eb334ebb8cae.html https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/se...