Police Brutality Allegation Payouts

[Dustlawyer]

4. You say that like, all lawyers are bad. Would you say that all whites are racist, or all blacks are

lazy. "The worst part...!" Are you serious? Not the getting shot while lying on the ground part? He shouldn't get any money for the intense pain and long recovery, and being scarred for life?
Trial lawyers perform a valuable function in society, keeping us safer and helping people stand up for their rights and freedoms, you know, bull shit stuff. I guess that you will be happy to know that trial lawyers have taken a huge hit to their income. Tort reform has taken away your right to sue in some cases, and severely reduced what a victim can recover. So if BP blows up another refinery in Texas ,most of the workers injured would not be able to sue now. BP had that state law changed right after the settlements were done from their 2005 plant explosion, so next time they wouldn't have to pay. If you can't sue, or only recover a pittance for your damages, you win I guess because yes, we get less than zero if we lose, no matter how many days and nights and our own money lost. I can see why you begrudge someone who can put a whole year in something and still get zero and eat the costs. Lawyers shouldn't be paid for their work, otherwise it would be "The worst part!"
The City is in the position of controlling these officers and they have not been doing their job.
The thin blue line is strong, but a large part of these damage awards is to punish, and thus wake up the the City and the Department so that they will improve this area. It provides incentive to get better, but it can't work if those responsible aren't held to account. They are not held to account, except in only the rarest cases.