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Bjorn Against

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1. It is not so lucrative when the fines get dropped and the lawsuits get filed

Reply to grasswire (Original post)

Sat Aug 23, 2014, 12:43 AM

Aug 2014

Many of the arrests will not hold up in court and there will be several lawsuits, the city of Ferguson will probably have to pay out millions in lawsuits for what they have done just so far. They are not going to make any money off this, it could even bankrupt them.

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so maybe Ferguson PD incites deliberately to arrest and FINE protestors! [View all] grasswire Aug 2014 OP

It is not so lucrative when the fines get dropped and the lawsuits get filed Bjorn Against Aug 2014 #1

Would a city carry liability insurance to shield itself from such an VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #3

They do usually have some insurance, although it generally only goes so far Bjorn Against Aug 2014 #5

I imagine there are some insurance company execs somewhere shitting their pants, although VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #6

what is the adjudication of those who have been arrested so far? grasswire Aug 2014 #2

I don't think you realize how often charges against protesters get dropped Bjorn Against Aug 2014 #4

One other thought occurs to me -- it's no longer just the Ferguson PD that's on VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #7