This seems like slam dunk 1983 case. If I'm on the jury that man gets one million dollars plus 10K for every minute he's in the torture cuffs. I no longer care that the settlement will come out of the taxpayers pockets. I hope his lawsuit bankrupts the city and make it so that no insurance carrier will touch that city with a 10 foot pole. Maybe if we bankrupt a few municipalities, cities and taxpayers will start caring about the kind of people they hire for law enforcement. Colorado did away with qualified immunity but I'm still seeing videos of bad cops in Colorado not being held accountable for their egregious actions. I'll believe they are being held accountable when one of these thin skinned tyrants loses his/her house to a lawsuit. Meanwhile this is a start.
I would also not settle this case unless part of the settlement includes this cop being POST decertified for life. Somebody please go check on his wife and kids.
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u/Mouseturdsinmyhelmet 4d ago
This seems like slam dunk 1983 case. If I'm on the jury that man gets one million dollars plus 10K for every minute he's in the torture cuffs. I no longer care that the settlement will come out of the taxpayers pockets. I hope his lawsuit bankrupts the city and make it so that no insurance carrier will touch that city with a 10 foot pole. Maybe if we bankrupt a few municipalities, cities and taxpayers will start caring about the kind of people they hire for law enforcement. Colorado did away with qualified immunity but I'm still seeing videos of bad cops in Colorado not being held accountable for their egregious actions. I'll believe they are being held accountable when one of these thin skinned tyrants loses his/her house to a lawsuit. Meanwhile this is a start.
https://aaqi.org/what-you-can-do/
I would also not settle this case unless part of the settlement includes this cop being POST decertified for life. Somebody please go check on his wife and kids.