Posted on 11/01/2017 6:36:40 AM PDT by WeWaWes
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah nurse who was arrested for refusing to let a police officer draw blood from an unconscious patient settled Tuesday with Salt Lake City and the university that runs the hospital for $500,000.
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Is that paid by taxpayers dollars? If so, it’s plenty. Why do we feel the need to pay, she wasn’t physically harmed, yes mentally harmed but it seems as a society we think throwing money at issues is a fix.
NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!!
Lt. James Tracy, a police supervisor who ordered the arrest of the nurse, was demoted to officer and also is appealing. He said he suggested Payne consider handcuffing the nurse and that his superiors had never informed him of the hospital’s blood-draw policy, according to appeal documents.
Listen to these weasel words coming from this puke, he needs to be informed by his Superiors that FELONY KIDNAPPING AT GUN POINT IS WRONG??? Unbelievable.
BOTH of these Thugs should be facing 20 to LIFE for this “Conspiracy” and “Felony Kidnapping” and she should have REFUSED settlement until they BOTH went to PRISON!
The wrong-doing wasn’t that the arrest was ‘rough’.
The wrong-doing was that she was arrested.
It's a nice investment somewhere, or a really cool house in Salt Lake after taxes, but it oughta have another zero, and the scalps of at least two cops on it.
The cop should do time. As it is, within a year another police department will quietly hire him.
Taxpayers paying for the deeds of the government yet again.
the gov has no money.
> Why do we feel the need to pay, she wasn’t physically harmed... <
Awards like this are meant to have two purposes. The first is to compensate the victim. And as you noted, the nurse wasn’t harmed much.
But there is a second purpose to these awards. It’s to get the attention of those people who caused the problem. Make them think twice before doing it again.
Is $500,000 enough to get there attention? Maybe. But a jury probably would have added another 0 to that number.
Officers need an incentive to police their own.
I would suggest take it from the overtime budget. If there is one thing that gets the attention of cops it is their availability to get extra pay via overtime.
Police are one of the few occupations where they are allowed to borrow money for houses and cars based upon their projected overtime earnings.
The money is for the best dramatic performance of 2017. Glad Im not married to the drama shrew.
“...police supervisor who ordered the arrest of the nurse, was demoted to officer...”
Until he’s arrested, tried, and convicted himself (for kidnapping), the score hasn’t been settled.
Yep, it’s ours for them to do with what they will, like do stupid things where the money goes for that rather than to take care of the community that’s being taxed. I wonder what service will be cut or what infrastructure won’t be built or maintained.
Good for her!
Even better! State and federal laws often prevent taking monies from retirement accounts, but your solution is great.
I was the city manager and told the Chief that I was not going to budget any money for overtime. He started stammering about it, and I finally told him it was a psychological ploy. You could visit the squad room and they had that budget number posted prominently on the wall. When I left the city, the top nine highest paid employees were all cops.
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