When Medical Debt Collectors Decide Who Gets Arrested

Re:When Medical Debt Collectors Decide Who Gets Arrested by Keverw on Saturday October 19, 2019 @10:26PM (#21301989)

I know sheriffs are elected too. I wonder if some rich person could just spend a bunch of money on ads with no qualifications when it comes to law enforcement and win in their county. Sounds like something a bored millionaire who retired early might do just for fun.

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Re:When Medical Debt Collectors Decide Who Gets Arrested by smelendez on Sunday October 20, 2019 @12:06AM (#21302250)

There was an issue a few years ago in Tulsa where the sheriff was deputizing political cronies with minimal training, and one of them,a man in his 70s, fatally shot someone.

https://nyti.ms/1aPwG91

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Re:When Medical Debt Collectors Decide Who Gets Arrested by knolax on Sunday October 20, 2019 @04:23AM (#21302871)

"The reserve sheriff’s deputy in Tulsa, Okla., who killed an unarmed suspect, apparently after mistaking his pistol for a Taser"

It'd be funny if it wasn't something that actually happened.

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Re:When Medical Debt Collectors Decide Who Gets Arrested by Keverw on Sunday October 20, 2019 @11:56AM (#21304922)

There was a story where someone was filming police and they mistaked someones phone for a gun.

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Re:When Medical Debt Collectors Decide Who Gets Arrested by alexsb92 on Saturday October 19, 2019 @10:55PM (#21302080)

Shaquille O'Neal has expressed interest in becoming a sheriff, though he has been a deputy for a while and has taken some of the training.

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