SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California man who was left paralyzed after he was slammed to the ground during a traffic stop won a $20 million settlement, one of the largest in the state’s history, officials announced Tuesday.
California tax-payers pay $20 million dollars to ensure state thugs can continue to paralyse their fellow citizens
‘State’ thugs is a strong term. Most police departments, by statements and actions, don’t give a shit about what the government wants from them, except when it coincides with their ability to brutalize citizens with impunity.
Not that this isnt a major national issu, but I briefly worked with an ex-cop from Sacramento. Decent guy.
The stories he told at the tail-end of happy hour were enough to turn your hair white.
He didn’t quit that job. He fled in abject horror.
Any “good cop” that isn’t an ex-cop is complicit. Your co-worker did the right thing.
Unfortunately, that settlement comes from the taxpayers. It should come from the police union.
Gregory Gross, an Army veteran who lives in Yuba City, sued the police department in 2022 after police officers used “pain compliance” techniques and expressed disbelief when he repeatedly cried out, “I can’t feel my legs.” Police officers also dismissed Gross when he said, “I can’t breathe,” while being held facedown on the lawn outside a hospital, video released by Gross’s lawyers shows.
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