UNDUE FORCE (This is a report by the Baltimore Sun about the police and what they have done.)

[OldRedneck]

18. $5.7 million is small change

Since 2009, New York City has paid out almost HALF-A-BILLION $$$$ to settle abuse claims against cops -- $428,000,000
http://countercurrentnews.com/2014/10/police-abuse-cases-forced-nyc-to-pay-428000000-in-false-arrest-and-civil-rights-settlements/

Here's a quote from a Washington Post article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/10/01/u-s-cities-pay-out-millions-to-settle-police-lawsuits/

The Chicago Sun-Times reported earlier this year that the city has payed out nearly half a billion dollars in settlements over the past decade, and spent $84.6 million in fees, settlements, and awards last year. The Chicago Police Department is about three times the size of the Baltimore PD. Chicago the city has about four times as many people as Baltimore. Crunch those numbers as you wish. Bloomberg News reported that in 2011, Los Angeles paid out $54 million, while New York paid out a whopping $735 million, although those figures include negligence and other claims unrelated to police abuse. Oakland Police Beat reported in April that the city had paid out $74 million to settle 417 lawsuits since 1990. That’s a little more than $3 million per year. The Denver Post reported in August that the Mile High City paid $13 million over 10 years. The Dallas Morning News reported in May that the city has forked over $6 million since 2011. And last month, Minneapolis Public Radio put that city’s payout at $21 million since 2003.

Note the Post article puts the NYC figure at $735,000,000!!!