Posted on 02/17/2006 8:42:17 AM PST by thebaron512
That's easily taken care of. Let the "whole dept. or police in general" get rid of those who misbehave. That doesn't happen so the only fair conclusion is that the whole organization tolerates that kind of conduct.
I wanna' know what happened to the girl.
"That doesn't happen so the only fair conclusion is that the whole organization tolerates that kind of conduct."
That is absolutely an untrue statement.
Understand, but its the judges ruling that throws me. He is factually innocent? A Photograph at the time of a crime is conclusive. Weird
Do you think newspapers publish all of the facts in any given case?
Almost everyone knows that people are photographed at an ATM.
Please keep your day job. I don't think you have the skills to be a detective.
Why isn't the county insured??
LA Co is self insured and has been for years.
We didn't discuss a reason with him and he didn't ask for one. He did tell us that it was the employment agency who decided to falsify his resume. We found out that agencies falsifying resumes is very common. We had people who pointed out on their original interview that the agency had insisted on falsifying their resumes.
"The largest previous award against the sheriff's department was $15.9 million, which a jury ordered paid to 36 people who had been arrested at a Cerritos bridal shower six years earlier."
My guess is that after the last huge SNAFU, the insurance companies all quoted annual premiums in excess of $1 million - to which the county, in their brilliance, decided the "big, bad insurance companies are trying to rip us off" and decided to go self-funded.
I'd bet that the premium looks damn cheap now.
You have some good suggestions. Maybe we could find a judge who would be willing to get a group of people together to listen to the evidence. They could decide who was at fault and how much.... No. That wouldn't work. We tried that and you didn't like it.
One for the good guys...
This is the same department that invaded a man's home in the Malibu Hills, shot the 75-year old senior citizen in front of his wife when he came down stairs armed, and confiscated his ranch.
Small Problem:
(a) Wrong County!
(b) Police informant "says" marijuana being grown on property. "Informant" used in many similar cases.
(c) No marijuana observed beforehand, None found.
(d) Racket: Sheriff confiscates rural properties.
(e) County gives sweetheart deals to "environmentalist" wired to Diane Feinstein
(f) "Environmentalist" sells property back to county as nature reserves.
(g) Over the years, about $100Million.
What do we think that case is worth? What's in it for the Sheriff?
Or you to see the judges ruling! Photographs are conclusive!
This is exactly what our taxes are for, right? To pay out huge awards for these shenanigans.
Most courts have what is called the power of remitter. This means a judge can unilaterally reduce an award which they believe is excessive and not supported by the evidence. I would expect the power to be invoked in this case. (but, you never know.....this IS California we are talking about)
I can never understand the outrage at the huge money settlements for damages issuing from people like you.
You know there is little correspondence between judgements
and their $$ awards and what the complainant actually gets, and WHEN and HOW he gets it. Even if he were to receice a lump sum tomorrow, I say good for him, and good for the collective taxpayers that in effect fund the payout, becuase, for all they know, it could be them next time and not Raul Ramirez this time. Enough of these hotdog prosecutors out to build a reputation for themselves on the backs of innocent citizens, and maybe the voters will think twice about putting certain people in office, who appoint certain other people. The beat goes on though, and this stuff happens in every big and small city and town eventually. If this happened in New Jersey where I live , I would have no problem , knowing that, oh, I dunno, maybe ten dollars of my property tax $$ went to pay the damages suffered by ANYONE falsely accused. PRECISELY BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME. And if continuing big money settlements "bankrupt" the Police Departments, it is THEY who should think twice and three times about what kinds of priorities they should have , and what they need to do to preserve the public trust, NOT US
And I HAVE been involved in campaigns to get innocent people out of jail , yes, Death Row, and there is NOTHING WORSE than being accused of a crime you did not commit, let alone spending years on Death Row as an innocent man .Ever hear of Randall Adams?
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