Alabama man gets $1,000 in police settlement, his lawyers get $459,000

[SlyPokerDog]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/23/us-usa-alabama-police-idUSKCN0IC05720141023

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Actually, I like it. City pays a penalty for police officers' excessive force, but the convict doesn't get rewarded for trying to kill a cop, and the lawyers get rewarded for pursuing a righteous cause while representing a scumbag. Wins all around.

 

[MarAzul]

Actually, I like it. City pays a penalty for police officers' excessive force, but the convict doesn't get rewarded for trying to kill a cop, and the lawyers get rewarded for pursuing a righteous cause while representing a scumbag. Wins all around.

Actually it sucks. You can't penalize a City, only the tax payers, already poorly served by the police and the administrators.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Actually it sucks. You can't penalize a City, only the tax payers, already poorly served by the police and the administrators.

Who do you believe should be held financially liable for the wrong actions of a government entity?

 

[MarAzul]

Who do you believe should be held financially liable for the wrong actions of a government entity?

There was no financial loss in this case. A penalty laid on the tax payers does not compensate for a wrong. A lawyer got fat and no progress was made.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

There was no financial loss in this case. A penalty laid on the tax payers does not compensate for a wrong. A lawyer got fat and no progress was made.

OK, let's try again. How should a government entity be penalized for wrong actions?

 

[magnifier661]

OK, let's try again. How should a government entity be penalized for wrong actions?

To be anally penetrated by box cutters

 

[PtldPlatypus]

To be anally penetrated by box cutters

You would enjoy that, wouldn't you?

 

[magnifier661]

You would enjoy that, wouldn't you?

I prefer a bat with nails sticking out. Over the years of the former, they just don't "cut it"

 

[MarAzul]

OK, let's try again. How should a government entity be penalized for wrong actions?

Governments do not do wrong actions. Administrators and employees do. Termination is the appropriate action, unless jail time is also in order.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Governments do not do wrong actions. Administrators and employees do. Termination is the appropriate action, unless jail time is also in order.

Do you feel the same way about corporations?

 

[MarAzul]

Do you feel the same way about corporations?

No.

 

[MARIS61]

Who do you believe should be held financially liable for the wrong actions of a government entity?

The executives running the government entity, and any of their hired underlings who acted wrongly.

 

[MARIS61]

Maybe Alabama is under-rated in this thread?

http://sportstwo.com/threads/272768-STATES-OF-CORRUPTION