A teenager who video-recorded his mother’s forceful arrest by Louisiana sheriff’s deputies in 2020 has been awarded $185,000 by a federal jury in a lawsuit filed over one deputy’s attempt to interfere with the recording.
Yeah, the taxpayers should be completely off the hook!
Now, how do we best ignore the overwhelming support taxpayers have for police, police brutality, and for supporting corrupt sheriffs that regularly get reelected?
I get your point, I just disagree that taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook for all the black people we’ve killed and the families we’ve destroyed.
I’m not a fan of the continuous buck passing that seems foundational to American culture and I don’t believe “making police unions pay for it” will solve a “problem” that most Americans support. If I had to guess, cops would likely just rob from more black and brown people to make up for the loss
I don’t really see the comparison you’re trying to make. My point wasn’t based solely on the support they receive. Feel free to ask any questions if you’d like to understand what I’m saying/trying to say.
That said, I think insurance makes a bit more sense, but as I responded to another comment, I don’t think it makes sense for Americans to use taxpayer money to train a racist agency to brutalize black and brown (and increasingly poor white) people for profit and then wash its hands of all the blood that results and pretend it’s just the cops that are the bad guys, like they weren’t trained to act the exact way they behave
I mean, aren’t all racists, sexists, religious-extremists, and the like, brainwashed?
I don’t typically feel it’s right to “blame”, for lack of a better term, poor or stupid people for their financial issues or their inability to acquire and apply new knowledge, so I’m inclined to answer yes to your question. However, I also don’t support “brainwashed” people that hurt, harass, or injur others. I can, and do, have compassion for them to try and understand how they came to believe, speak, and behave the way they do, but they don’t get a pass. They’re still responsible for changing their beliefs, the way they speak, and they way they behave.
Yeah, the taxpayers should be completely off the hook!
Now, how do we best ignore the overwhelming support taxpayers have for police, police brutality, and for supporting corrupt sheriffs that regularly get reelected?
Overwhelming support for police does not mean that taxpayers should be on the hook when they fuck up.
I get your point, I just disagree that taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook for all the black people we’ve killed and the families we’ve destroyed.
I’m not a fan of the continuous buck passing that seems foundational to American culture and I don’t believe “making police unions pay for it” will solve a “problem” that most Americans support. If I had to guess, cops would likely just rob from more black and brown people to make up for the loss
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There’s also overwhelming support for doctors, who carry personal liability insurance and don’t get bailed out by the taxpayers when they screw up.
I don’t really see the comparison you’re trying to make. My point wasn’t based solely on the support they receive. Feel free to ask any questions if you’d like to understand what I’m saying/trying to say.
That said, I think insurance makes a bit more sense, but as I responded to another comment, I don’t think it makes sense for Americans to use taxpayer money to train a racist agency to brutalize black and brown (and increasingly poor white) people for profit and then wash its hands of all the blood that results and pretend it’s just the cops that are the bad guys, like they weren’t trained to act the exact way they behave
Can you blame people for being brainwashed?
That’s a tough question. I’d say it depends.
I mean, aren’t all racists, sexists, religious-extremists, and the like, brainwashed?
I don’t typically feel it’s right to “blame”, for lack of a better term, poor or stupid people for their financial issues or their inability to acquire and apply new knowledge, so I’m inclined to answer yes to your question. However, I also don’t support “brainwashed” people that hurt, harass, or injur others. I can, and do, have compassion for them to try and understand how they came to believe, speak, and behave the way they do, but they don’t get a pass. They’re still responsible for changing their beliefs, the way they speak, and they way they behave.