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sharedvalues

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1. And who pays the fine? Taxpayers, not cops or prosecutors

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Jun 2, 2017, 08:19 PM

Jun 2017

It's great the victim gets a settlement in cases of misconduct like this, but the cops and prosecutors that actually committed the misconduct are off the hook. They don't have to pay. The city (i.e. the taxpayer) pays.

We need to give cops and prosecutors who really commit crimes exposure to these judgements. Why should taxpayers be the only ones paying??

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