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Re:No Qualified Immunity for Cops Who Made Stuff Up to Justi... by Thiez on Sunday February 14, 2021 @06:56PM (#26137480)
> In fact, we're only trying to hold them to the same standards they hold everybody else to.

Then convict them. You can't? Fix that. Why this convoluted scheme that punishes unrelated people? You say you want the same standards to apply to the police but on the other hand you accept that they can never be punished directly and their colleages must be fined instead. That's crazy inconsistent, those are not at all the standards that normal people are held to.

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Re:No Qualified Immunity for Cops Who Made Stuff Up to Justi... by triceratops on Sunday February 14, 2021 @09:08PM (#26138272)
> Then convict them. You can't? Fix that.

How? How do you convict cops when their co-workers cover for them?

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Re:No Qualified Immunity for Cops Who Made Stuff Up to Justi... by Thiez on Monday February 15, 2021 @06:03AM (#26141540)
So this whole "we should hold them to the same standards" thing is a sham. You've given up, oh no, it's just too hard. We'll claim to hold them to the same standards because it has a nice ring to it, and then do something else entirely.
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Re:No Qualified Immunity for Cops Who Made Stuff Up to Justi... by Judgmentality on Monday February 15, 2021 @03:52PM (#26147200)
I think you have no idea what you're talking about, and are simply regurgitating "your solution isn't perfect therefore it's horrible."

Please take some effort to understand what the problem is, because it's painfully obvious to me you do not. If I had to guess, you're not even from the United States. I say that solely based on how completely disconnected from this problem you appear to be.

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Re:No Qualified Immunity for Cops Who Made Stuff Up to Justi... by triceratops on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @12:10AM (#26151144)
I don't really understand what you're saying.
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