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Get rid of qualified immunity and make police buy insurance. Not that hard of a fix
by zoklet-enjoyer 2y ago
Get rid of qualified immunity and make police buy insurance. Not that hard of a fix
- choilive 2y agoSimple, but hard to push through. The often politically powerful police don't want that to happen.
- wizzwizz4 2y ago> and make police buy insurance Why should good cops subsidise corrupt cops (with a hefty overhead for the insurance companies)? Doesn't that create an additional incentive to be corrupt? Many people are more sensitive to punishment than reward: I'd expect having your premiums go up because a fellow officer got done for abusive conduct would feel like arbitrary group punishment.
- zoklet-enjoyer 2y agoSounds like an incentive for the departments and unions to push out bad cops. Teachers buy school supplies, tradesmen buy their own tools, police can buy insurance.
- wizzwizz4 2y agoAn incentive for them to quietly push out bad cops, and cover up their misdeeds long after they're gone. That doesn't sound like a healthy way to solve systemic problems, to me.