Re:Silicon Valley CEO who allegedly kicked girlfriend 117 ti...
by belovedeagle on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @12:44AM
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> In fact a good firing has proven 100% effective in preventing repeat offenders.
Not when they can simply be rehired elsewhere. In any case, the court doesn't have this power, nor the power to implement "career-slowing disincentives". Now, if the police unions come in and say, "You know what? We're tired of criminals getting away with crimes, so how about we agree to implement real punishments for rights violations, in exchange for not throwing out evidence when mistakes are made?", then I would be entirely in favor of the courts seriously considering such an arrangement, even though some might argue that it subverts the rule of law. There's an alternative for you.
Society isn't bearing any costs. There is one woman who's bearing the costs of your high standards of righteousness by being kicked in the head/groin/etc. more than a hundred times.
Now I do get the sentiment, but in the context of a a few well-publicized cases of "alleged" police misconduct over the last year that went nowhere in terms of sanctioning it just rings a bit hollow.
You're also awfully quick to dismiss alternatives. I don't see how letting this guy off the hook is a stronger incentive for those police officers than kicking them off the force. In fact a good firing has proven 100% effective in preventing repeat offenders. Add some career-slowing disincentives up the chain of command and I'm pretty sure you'll see results.