USA ONEDashcam video shows Vermont man being arrested after flipping off state trooper: ‘Freedom of expression’
tacosanonymousIt’s been proven time and again that the cops don’t need to know or enforce actual laws. Suing cops is almost impossible, and when you sue the department, the taxpayers got the bill with little impact on the offending officer.
Police reform now.
SuperDuperwhen you sue the department, the taxpayers got the bill with little impact on the offending officer.
Police officers and departments should be required to carry professional insurance policies to cover these payouts, just like doctors are required to carry malpractice insurance.
My son is a cop and I’m completely for this. He’s an intelligent empathetic man that would definitely speak truth to power if called upon to do so. And I would say he agrees that the job attracts ignorant belligerent bully types that love pushing people around. And this behavior needs to stop for sure.
It was about 10 years ago, but someone had interviewed a panel of police officers of different ranks from the counties in the bay area of California. When asked how many cops shouldn’t be cops, one officer responded 75%. The others agreed with that figure.
How long until he’s out for doing the right thing?
The thin blue line won’t tolerate him forever.
You might be right.
…there are more than 12,200 local police departments nationwide…
Nearly half of all local police departments have fewer than 10 officers.
The guy could work with five or ten other normal people.
I commented once that “ACAB” is discouraging to those of the 800,000 officers in the US who are good. It wasn’t well received. Would you agree?
No. If you’re a good person who chooses to work for a corrupt organization, you are also choosing to shoulder some of the responsibility for the actions of that group. I would also like to know where you got the idea that there are 800,000 good officers in the US, because that feels like a made up number.
Vermont is one of the few states with a law on the books allowing you to sue police officers directly for violating your constitutional rights. Not a wise movie on the officers part, if this guy decides to press the issue in court.
RickyRigatoniif we make the taxpayers foot the bill for their police departments bad behaviors enough maybe they’ll start doing something about it
unlikely but it’s worth a shot
That is already the case, and yet here we are…
That’s how it currently is functioning and it doesn’t work particularly well.
we’re just not doing it enough
when you try to drown a rat who’s good at swimming do you just give up or add more water?
I love the analogy, made me giggle
That is already how it works
Thank you for calling for reforms and not the moronic “defund the police”
Don’t forget the last bit, “and taxpayers continue not to care and blindly support the cops”
You forgot to add cry about taxes
Part of the problem is that police unions retaliate against any politician that tries to reform them.
Why do the police get powerful unions but we get fuck all
Because police are enforcers for the ruling class, not labor. Their union is categorically different from a labor union.
Turns out it’s pretty easy to get concessions from your rulers when you’re quite literally their last line of defense between their beloved status quo and the other peasants’ revendications
At this point, spelled “from inception”