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In reply to the discussion: police reform ideas anybody? [View all]tonedevil
(3,022 posts)40. I suppose if at any point in my life...
the police had been effectively helpful or saved a single situation I might find them essential. In the case of protests they turn them into police riots, in the case of robbery unless it is very high dollar amount you can report the incident on the web, in the case of a violent crime they will help hold the body bag open while paramedics shove in the corpse. For reasons not particularly well described you seem to think there is a reason for the police to exist i do not.
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Qualified immunity is kind of an odd thing to focus on. It doesn't protect cops from being
WhiskeyGrinder
Apr 2021
#1
Here's a post suggesting that cops get malpractice insurance like some other professionals.
CrispyQ
Apr 2021
#12
Pays outs due to police wrong doing should come out of their pension fund. 2 fold result
PortTack
Apr 2021
#39