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2. These settlements are not an effective deterrent to police brutality.

Fri Sep 25, 2015, 01:09 PM

Sep 2015

The cops don't pay; the taxpayers do.

How can we make a police department feel the pain enough to change its ways?

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Honolulu paid $167,500 to two hikers who said they were brutalized by officers [View all] damnedifIknow Sep 2015 OP

Should have been more AuntPatsy Sep 2015 #1

These settlements are not an effective deterrent to police brutality. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #2

I wonder what the total annual payout is nationwide? MindPilot Sep 2015 #4

Tens, maybe hundreds, of millions a year. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #5

Good point. Taxpayers are subsidizing DirkGently Sep 2015 #6

For every cop fuck up take 100k out of the Chiefs pension Jesus Malverde Sep 2015 #7