Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids Walk to Dunkin' Donuts

Re:Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids Walk to Dun... by bradleyjg on Thursday February 02, 2023 @10:18AM (#34627668)

They key difference here is whether you care more about bad officers facing consequences or the victims getting compensation.

Eliminating qualified immunity only helps with the second part and does zero with respect to the first, but advocates of reform never make that clear.

Even with qualified immunity sometimes victims win judgments. On the other hand indemnification is 100% universal and effective at protecting cops. No cop ever pays anything out of his own pocket, period.

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Re:Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids Walk to Dun... by ch4s3 on Thursday February 02, 2023 @10:40AM (#34628074)

I have a feeling that if municipalities start having to pay out lots of settlements for civil rights abuses by police, they'll start reconsidering the limits of indemnification.

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Re:Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids Walk to Dun... by bradleyjg on Thursday February 02, 2023 @10:46AM (#34628153)

It hasn’t happened in practice. NYC’s is way up this year, Adams is doubling down on supporting the police.

Instead of hoping for trickle down to work why not attack the problem directly?

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Re:Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids Walk to Dun... by landemva on Thursday February 02, 2023 @10:28AM (#34627846)

Same with judges and court clerks. 'Because government'.

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Re:Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids Walk to Dun... by bradleyjg on Thursday February 02, 2023 @10:39AM (#34628064)

They have absolute immunity. That’s a separate issue.

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