Have a care Citizens. Things will get worse before they start getting better again...
Posted on 12/17/2010 9:51:53 PM PST by Orange1998
There’s a link. Cops can be held personally accountable and sued.
Don’t trust me if you don’t want to.
Last column of the article I just posted.
CONCLUSION
The threat of personal liability is one of many risks
associated with the law enforcement profession. An officer’s
discretionary decision to arrest or search inevitably increases
the risk of a subsequent lawsuit. While this risk can be
minimized by comprehensive departmental policies, thorough
training, and attentive managerial controls, officers ultimately
have a personal responsibility to insure that their conduct
conforms to constitutional requirements. The qualified immunity
defense does not excuse clearly unconstitutional or offensive
police misconduct. It does, however, offer generous protection
to conscientious officers who make objectively reasonable
mistakes. The availability of a qualified immunity defense
should be encouragement to responsible officers that they can
perform their vital law enforcement functions without a constant
fear of personal liability.
Deceitful cops and other government agents can ruin your life in the blink of an eye.
Leave the cop calling for the old ladies that need baby sitting.. ...It's better to avoid them if at all possible.
1. The story begs a followup - it’s not over yet.
2. They’re going after a wage garnishment - not his life, savings, home, etc. In other words, the proxy is the city.
3. The officer is not being sued - the city is - but the city is attempting to default onto its employee the officer - which quite frankly is suspicious. In my opinion the officer should turn around and sue the city as well.
4. Hinton himself acknowledges that he is suing the city - and wasn’t expecting if fall upon the officer. In order to sue you have to name the parties involved - in this case the officer and the city that employs them. That goes without saying.
Like I said Cap’n Crunch...read!!!
=8-)
“Might not have a constituional duty, but guess who still gets sued and GOES TO JAIL for not doing his duty?”
You know you were possibly believable until you said, “GOES TO JAIL” caps added by me. If the cop ignors this guy and he goes down the street and commits mass murder the cop is NOT going to jail. You take all your credibility away by claiming otherwise.
Oh, since I could only produce one instance of a cop losing his *home* that means it doesn’t, or can’t happen? I guess 30K is pocket change?
Here, maybe this will appease you.
A cop I know had to sell 2 of his houses to cover a lawsuit when he was not covered by the citys insurance. He was found GUILTY and ordered to pay 2 MILLION DOLLARS by the court, even though the incident stemmed from an on duty incident.
The reason more cops are not held personally liable is the city has the deep pockets and lawyers prefer big money over cop chump change.
But the times they are a changin’. The facts is the facts, cops can, and are, and will be in the future, sued for actions and inactions, while on or off duty. They can be held personally accountable and lose their own property, money, etc. in these lawsuits.
Have enough hairs been split now?
You’re a fraud..
4 shots in the back? Rooky cop?
Bad shoot. No excuses for this one...
Four shots in the right side.
Cops with two homes I believe... ...
I know cops that make $175,000 per year..Other places they are retiring millionaires...
I know others that retired a 47 years old earning $80,000 per YEAR in government retirement pensions for the rest of their lives! Firefighters too...lol
Ya can't make this stuff up...
It should.
Is it out of the realm of possibility? I don’t think it’s out of the realm of possibility for a cop to go to jail for not taking action when a ‘mass murderer’ walks down the street killing people in front of him. He should. And the people here would certainly be calling for it.
Perhaps I was a bit loose with my language, I admit to that.
I have seen a number of cops I work with go to jail, for their actions. It is possible that they could go for their inactions as well.
But, it is a fact that officers can be held personally responsible and liable. And as I said before, the reason more officers aren’t held personally responsible is most act within the scope of their duties, and, lawyers want the cities to pay, they have the money, the individual cop, not so much.
I’m not willing to risk being personally sued (as several officers on my dept. may be now).
Lastly, shame on me for using some flippant language on a website chock full of people who hate the police.
Lesson learned by me.
Never assume deceit when stupidity isn’t ruled out. It’s unfair to the stupid.
It’s due to cops like you I tell people don’t ever call the cops unless your being attacked by AIDs infected cannibals...
Deceitful cops and other government agents can ruin your life in the blink of an eye.
Leave the cop calling for the old ladies that need baby sitting.. ...It’s better to avoid them if at all possible.
Great advice. don’t even call if your being attacked by aids infected cannibals, since now that I know I have no duty to protect you and won’t lose a dime if I don’t, well, what the heck. I’ll just retire in a year, draw my 100K a year pension and go fishing.
Well, the guy repeatedly alleged that cops get their homes seized as a result of civil suits, clearly implying this as a result of on the job actions such as bad shoots, excessive force etc...Yet he could not provide a single link to support that.
Insanity!
Have a care Citizens. Things will get worse before they start getting better again...
Oh please...If ya protected people, there wouldn't be any crime...lol
As it is, the gangsters are controlling half the cities, the state, city and county insiders themselves are corrupt to the bone, all within a country crawling with tens of millions of illegal aliens...
You guys are doing a great job protecting us!
:o
>>....So, like I said, I’m witholding judgement until I see the reason for the officer’s stop. If he had a legitimate reason for stopping Mr. Williams, then what unfolded may be ruled justified. If not, then he will have a hard time not facing charges.
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>Whoa! The reason for the stop is irrelevant. Whether the officer’s life was in danger is relevant. Are you suggesting premeditation?
In the video there’s something in the officer’s hand when he passes in front of his dash-cam, it’s too blurry for me to make out but in posts 225 & 226 Cap’n Crunch, who previously claimed to be a police officer, said it *IS* the officer’s sidearm. If it is then that would be HIGHLY indicative that this IS indeed premeditated murder.
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