If ordinary killers got off paying police department wrongful death settlements.

[Igel]

1. Here are two claims.

Reconcile both of them with any proposal that awards truly stunningly high awards. You don't get to pick or choose, because both are fact based. One, however, lasted a couple of days; the other lasted weeks. Which would result from a restriction on PD functions.

1. After some cop killings last winter, there was essentially a police slow-down that sharply reduced police presence. This was widely billed as a success because the arrest rate, naturally, declined. (This was a plus because POC are disproportionately arrested.) The take-away was that the police were the cause of the violence, and if police were to just lay low and do little to nothing society would be a much better place.

2. After riots in Baltimore, there was essentially a police slow-down that sharply reduced police presence. This was widely billed as a disaster, because the arrest rate, naturally, declined. This was a minus because the highest crime rates were in areas inhabited primarily by POC, so POC disproportionately suffered. The take-away was that the police were the cause of the violence, because the police just laid low and did little to nothing, and as a result society was at the mercy of those who would kill, assault, and steal.

In any event, when you get past the urge to punish and seek revenge for somebody you don't know and never would have given a damn about if he'd lived 3 blocks over or cut you off in traffic and instead shift your focus on those who sustained the loss of a family member, the settlement is well above the average malpractice or wrongful death amount for most places; for NYC, though, it may be closer to average.