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Originally Posted by moorhosj
This is certainly how the police tell it, but I haven't really seen any evidence to back it up. What are the examples of cops being "scrutinized to death" to the point they can't do their jobs? Why is it that cops in other cities seem to do their jobs just fine?
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If that's how the Police tell it, then we should listen to them. Can't you tell when you are being "overly scrutinized?" And cops in other cities aren't doing "just fine", this is a universal sentiment since pro-criminal special interest groups have been out in full force villainizing them for the actions of a few bad apples.
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What I see is a few cops finally being held accountable for their actions (Van Dyke, Burge and others), constantly malfunctioning dash-cams, fighting a consent decree, hundreds of millions paid out in wrongful death cases, and massive overtime schemes.
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No, you're just punishing people who don't deserve it. Leave the rest of the cops alone for doing their jobs faithfully and lawfully. Those wrongful death cases aren't going to go away due to cameras, they will probably increase because you now have a whole industry of money-hungry lawyers looking for any way to make a killing off of other people's human errors. Look at what has happened with Medical malpractice over the past few decades.
If you really care about reducing payouts due to cop "accountability", here are the steps:
1. Make it less likely that you will be involved in an altercation with police. Hmmmm how do we do that? Hmmmmmm lets see here.....Oh I know---
don't commit crime! I really wish Al Sharpton would sometimes offer that little suggestion, but he's too busy making money and staying relevant on the TV networks pointing fingers all day to the delight of his chorus of fans.
2. Tort reform. Stop letting greedy lawyers get obscene $30 million settlements for their clients left and right every time something bad happens --whether it be Med Mal, Insurance Mal, Cop screw ups, etc etc. Get rid of the perverse incentives that allow us to make money off of humanity's lack of being perfect.
There you go. I know, you probably disagree with me....