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Exactly. A fragile man needed assert his authority.
by thinkingtoilet 9mo ago
Exactly. A fragile man needed assert his authority.
- mikkupikku 9mo agoYou don't know the man, and you don't know all of the details and nuances of the situation he was called into. How then do you think to judge him like that? You're just stereotyping.
- thinkingtoilet 9mo agoI do know the details of the situation. And so did the jury who awarded them $600k.
- tiahura 9mo agoThe detail that there was no jury?
- e44858 9mo ago> And so did the jury who awarded them $600k What jury? The payment happened before the trial: "five days before a trial was scheduled to begin in the case, Dallas County officials agreed to pay $600,000 to settle the case".
- bawolff 9mo agoIn fairness, people don't generally give 6 figure settlements if they think the jury will agree with them
- mikkupikku 9mo agoYou're confusing your own assumptions with knowledge.
- GibbonBreath 9mo agoAre they or are you? How have you determined that they don't understand the details?
- mikkupikku 9mo agoBeing flat wrong is a subtle hint.
- dns_snek 9mo agoThose "details and nuances of the situation he was called into" become completely irrelevant once one is presented with irrefutable evidence that their actions were completely legal. What matters is his conduct after that happened, which was blatant and persistent abuse of power. Stop justifying and excusing abuse of power, he hurt innocent people, cost the taxpayers $600k in a single incident of abusive and wrongful conduct, and he's now enjoying taxpayer-funded retirement without facing any accountability. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/11/how-a-turf-war-and-a-botched-contract-landed-2-pentesters-in-iowa-jail/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/11/how-a...
- cindyllm 9mo ago[dead]