Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoA teen said a deputy threatened him as he filmed his mom's arrest. A jury awarded him $185,000.apnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1359arrow-down12
arrow-up1357arrow-down1external-linkA teen said a deputy threatened him as he filmed his mom's arrest. A jury awarded him $185,000.apnews.comWilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square25linkfedilink
minus-squareNeon 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️⚧️🇹🇼🇮🇱🏳️🌈@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down15·edit-21 year agoWhy should the police union be held responsible? if a steel-worker breaks a machine, do you also wanna hold the union responsible? no, this was this single specific person. He should be held reliable, noone else. Collective punishment is not a good thing, you know?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·1 year agoBecause the unions shield the cops and fund their legal defenses and because that single person is almost never held responsible. Also, I don’t know what you think corporal punishment is, but it isn’t that.
minus-squareNeon 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️⚧️🇹🇼🇮🇱🏳️🌈@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year ago*collective Punishment. Speech to text does funny things sometimes. So if a worker somewhere breaks something, every single employee should be held responsible for that?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoWhen “good” cops start actually working against the cops committing atrocities, I’ll worry about collective punishment for cops.
Why should the police union be held responsible?
if a steel-worker breaks a machine, do you also wanna hold the union responsible?
no, this was this single specific person. He should be held reliable, noone else. Collective punishment is not a good thing, you know?
Because the unions shield the cops and fund their legal defenses and because that single person is almost never held responsible.
Also, I don’t know what you think corporal punishment is, but it isn’t that.
*collective Punishment. Speech to text does funny things sometimes.
So if a worker somewhere breaks something, every single employee should be held responsible for that?
When “good” cops start actually working against the cops committing atrocities, I’ll worry about collective punishment for cops.