Hypothetical. I work as a bank teller. A woman comes in and gets angry because she doesn't want to pay a late fee. I grab her by the collar, slap her two times and tell her to give me my fucking money.
She sues. The bank settles out of court.
I get two weeks of paid vacation, then go right back to work, and the settlement money is added to the tax burden of the property owners surrounding the bank. So the bank never has to pay anything.
I keep doing this and I'm never fired.
^ this is the current system of police immunity. It is absolutely solvable using legislation.
I am tired of people defending the police for any reason. The system is so badly broken that they are getting away with murder, almost every day, and our prisons are overflowing.
I am completely losing respect and sympathy for anyone who credits the police with doing a "necessary job". The reason that this system continues is people keep jumping into defend them. We need to treat them like what they are.
