Want To Cut Down On Police Brutality? Make Police Pay For Their Own Misbehavior.

By Bonnie Kristian, The Week: US
Mon, 12/29/2014 - 4:00am

Eric Garner's family plans to sue the New York Police Department for $75 million. Tamir Rice's parents have filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Michael Brown's family may likewise launch a civil suit against the St. Louis police.No matter the outcome of these three legal actions, they're already guaranteed to have at least one thing in common: Any settlement award would be overwhelmingly (if not completely) paid by taxpayers, while the police officers responsible for the deaths of Garner, Rice, and Brown would be mostly or entirely let off the financial hook.This phenomenon is not unique to these...

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