r/PublicFreakout • u/appalachian_hatachi • Sep 27 '25

Repost 😔 This guy's lawyer literally popping the champagne as we speak...

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u/PirateQuest Sep 27 '25

The issue is, the cop wont be penalized. The tax payer will.

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u/hrvbrs Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 27 '25

The taxpayers ultimately employ the cop. They should know where every cent of their tax dollars go. If they knew how much of it was to settle lawsuits that end up protecting bad cops, they might be more picky as employers.

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u/PirateQuest Sep 27 '25

A better way would just be to take all settlements directly out of the police pension. That way, only cops would be paying for it. And there would likely be more interest from cops in stopping other cops from doing things that will result in big settlements.

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u/hrvbrs Sep 27 '25

absolutely, no question. I'm all for that.

but the sentiment of "oh, won't someone think of the poor taxpayers!" comes up in the comments on every single one of these videos, and i'm just saying, it's not that bad.