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jojenns t1_j5vg878 wrote

Reply to comment by AnyRound5042 in Boston police account for $31 million of city legal payouts since 2020, including $16 million for wrongfully convicted man - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

If your company were to be sued for something you had no involvement in would you like it deducted from your pension fund as well or?

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joshhw t1_j5vseu7 wrote

Are the police now considered a business?

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jojenns t1_j5vuhiu wrote

Yes its a business the entire city is with employees, health care plans, schedules, supervisors, the whole ball of wax oh and a pension plan for its employees.

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AnyRound5042 t1_j5vzk56 wrote

Well I don't kill people for money so it's kind of a moot point isn't it

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jojenns t1_j5w6atp wrote

Nonsense smoke screen aside just answer the question. if your employer was sued would you be ok with the settlement money to come out of your pension/401K?

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AnyRound5042 t1_j5w7fru wrote

its not a nonsense smokescreen actually its getting at the heart of the problem here. my company disposes of hazardous material, if i pulled a BPD and just dumped it in some guys backyard giving that entire family various diseases then i would not expect the tax payers to cover for me. luckily for new england residents hazardous materials have tons of regulations and oversight, unlike the police.

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jojenns t1_j5wejim wrote

Its definitely a nonsense smokescreen. BPD’s job is not to kill people as you stated. An astronomically low percentage of the time it happens and an astronomically high amount of time it is justified. The police also do have oversight. How’s this you even elect the people who oversee them. But again getting back to the core of the question…if some other folks at your company are illegally dumping somewhere and the EPA fines your company a million dollars . You’d be ok with paying the fines out of your pension/401K correct?

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