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hundredfooter t1_ixjo45i wrote

Good for his family. The fuck who murdered him was rehired for a day so he could qualify for a pension. The city of Mesa was also prepared to spend up to three million for his defense.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-officer-who-fatally-shot-sobbing-man-temporarily-rehired-apply-n1028981

Those fuckers look out for their own, don't they?

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bobfriday0621 t1_ixjqmr4 wrote

They're basically the mob at this point. It's organized crime at best, and they protect themselves and fuck everyone else!

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BostonUniStudent t1_iy3za1g wrote

And the man who was murdered was completely innocent of any wrongdoing. It's not like this was stopping a fugitive criminal or anything. An unarmed innocent man murdered execution style in his hotel.

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ApprehensivePirate36 t1_ixl16f0 wrote

"The detective investigating the shooting agreed during the trial that Shaver's movement was similar to reaching for a pistol, but said it also looked as though Shaver was pulling up his loose-fitting basketball shorts that had fallen down as he crawled. The investigator noted he didn't see anything that would have prevented officers from simply handcuffing Shaver as he was on the floor." Shaver was told if he "make a mistake, we will shoot you.." that power tripping cop couldn't wait to pull the trigger! Fuck!!! That was so disturbing to watch! I live in Mesa, knew of the story, but hadn't seen the video. That was straight up murder.

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NJS_Stamp t1_ixmj9uj wrote

He also sued (and won) extra money for his “”PTSD”” and mental anguish, as well as sued to keep his service weapon (the one inscribed with “youre fucked” on the dust cover.

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rikki-tikki-deadly t1_ixjoxz6 wrote

I think it's important to note that his first name is Phillip.

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hundredfooter t1_ixjtx7w wrote

Tax free pension. We should all be so lucky.

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Schrecht t1_ixjuhyb wrote

Good point. Philip Brailsford, the murderer, who got a 31k tax free annual pension out of it.

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Gary_Glidewell t1_ixkhp92 wrote

> You mean Philip Brailsford, the murderer, who got a 31k annual pension out of it?

To put this in perspective:

Brailsford gets that pension until the day he dies. If he lives to an old age, that's about 50 years.

50 years x $31,000 per year = $1,550,000

Quite a payday for killing someone.

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Fragmentia t1_ixk6jhn wrote

That POS deserves to be in jail!

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420ipblood t1_ixkf9rq wrote

Was found not guilty. By a jury.

The jury belongs in prison with him.

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AlwaysTimeForQ t1_ixkk1ok wrote

Not entirely the jury's fault, the judge dis-allowed evidence at the trial. Little things, you know, such as the fact that Brailsford had the words "YOU'RE FUCKED" machined onto the cover of the ejection port on his rifle.

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Herpinator1992 t1_ixkm8lq wrote

Did they allow the video? That video still haunts me to this day. I’ve seen some of the gnarliest things on the internet and that was one of the worst.

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randy88moss t1_ixktnh7 wrote

They interviewed a jury member after the trial and the idiot geezer said that wouldn’t have made a difference with his verdict

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drunkymcdrunkaccount t1_ixk0puj wrote

Piece of shit should be in prison

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Shopped_For_Pleasure t1_ixk5isx wrote

Like all losers he is an expat in the Philippines. Fits the bill.

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starman123 t1_ixkdg9q wrote

Ugh. No. Brailsford is not in the Philippines. That is Charles Langley, the one who was giving the commands.

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trigger1154 t1_ixkrbqs wrote

Should be given the same treatment as his victim. An eye for an eye.

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metalslug123 t1_ixkmgdq wrote

That's Charles Langley, the one who was giving the commands.

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DJSkullblaster t1_ixkp10p wrote

Who is just as responsible for his death as Phillip Brailsford, his aggressive non-sensical commands were effectively mental torture, berating their victim before they executed him.

They should both receive the same treatment.

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metalslug123 t1_ixkp54n wrote

Yes, I definitely agree with that. They are both disgusting human beings that deserve to be locked up in a tiny cell forever.

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CincyCivilRightsAct t1_ixlzl0q wrote

Langley is probably having sex with children there.

I'm just saying, chances are very high that he's a pedophile. That's what power-tripping psychos do.

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timdogg24 t1_ixjqir4 wrote

There are a lot of videos of police murdering people in cold blood but this video always stuck out in my head. Fuck that cop.

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ruiner8850 t1_ixjsuai wrote

Yup, the guy was literally crying and begging for his life, but the subhuman piece of shit cop decided he was going to murder him anyway. This wasn't a case of a coward cop being terrified of an unharmed person, this was a cop who specifically wanted to murder a person for no reason. It's insane and shameful that he's not spending the rest of his life in prison.

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Good-Duck t1_ixmos98 wrote

I hope both cops never have a moment of peace the rest of their worthless lives.

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international862_ t1_ixqwa6j wrote

They will be just fine. Psychopaths don’t have empathy, remorse or conscience.

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bubbles5810 t1_ixjph8q wrote

The cop needs to be paying this. Not the city.

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ScaredMind t1_ixjqtwv wrote

It’s the tax payers who ultimately have to. And that sucks.

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bubbles5810 t1_ixjruk0 wrote

Not only does the city’s taxpayer have to pay this settlement they’re paying for a pension to Philip Brailsford, the cop that got hired for one day, after he killed Daniel, so he could collect a pension.

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rksd t1_ixlehrl wrote

As a Mesa resident, it makes my blood boil. The cops here are still grade A pricks and I have no use for them.

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astanton1862 t1_ixke95m wrote

The tax payers should pay because this is what they voted for. We hold the power to change this system and we should be responsible for paying the penalty until we do.

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bushwhack227 t1_ixm5qan wrote

Exactly. The mayor of Mesa has been reelected twice since the shooting

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HappySkullsplitter t1_ixjnxwx wrote

I am at a loss

This doesn't feel like justice was carried out at all

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Cfp0001-Iceman t1_ixlyqsb wrote

Cops and justice have very little in common. They exist to enforce laws, they don't care how fair or proper any of it is.

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RunHi t1_ixmpfru wrote

Cops exist to protect the rich from the rest of us.

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Small-Explorer7025 t1_ixjp2tm wrote

This is the best news I've heard in quite a while. I wish I had never seen that video. It is horrific and infuriating.

Next step is the criminals that killed him to be held accountable. Unlikely.

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hundredfooter t1_ixju9us wrote

The other cop retired to the Philippines. He knows he can't be touched.

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metalslug123 t1_ixkmksh wrote

Unless someone plants drugs on him or something and the police over there search him and find it. Won't that get you locked up over there for a very long time?

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Yokonato t1_ixkwyf1 wrote

Yep former American in Asia caught with drugs? He would get disappeared into some backwater cell , not too mention if word gets around that he was a cop?

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DJSkullblaster t1_ixkp6j0 wrote

$8 million is nowhere near an appropiate amount for qhat those officers did. They should both be fucking shot.

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fun_guess t1_ixlj39q wrote

I deserve 8 million in pain and suffering just for the video goin through my head for 6 years.

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CorporalCabbage t1_ixm4f1a wrote

I know about that video, but I refuse to watch it. I know that viewing it will take away a piece of my soul.

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MicheleLaBelle t1_ixn656z wrote

You’re right, it was horrible to watch, and incomprehensible how someone could actually say and do those things. I wish I could unsee it.

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PuellaBona t1_ixnyrye wrote

The worst part (besides the murder) is that no matter how angry you are after seeing it, you can't do anything about it. They walk away, and an innocent man is murdered.

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FinalVegetable6314 t1_ixjrmic wrote

I remember this one. Tough to watch a man forced to crawl and get shot down like that. Horrible

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rickshaw99 t1_ixjxbzh wrote

Killed for sport. ‘You’re Fucked’

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BostonUniStudent t1_iy3z2bg wrote

And I've seen cases where cops shoot an armed bank robber. It's debatable whether there was real fear... This was different. This was a totally innocent man, completely unarmed, complying with the officers commands.

The officer was asking him to do some physically difficult tasks. Like shimmy around without your arms. And his pants were falling down.

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Available-Camera8691 t1_ixjnpo1 wrote

The coo was able to retire with benefits and found not guilty.

He murdered this man. You can watch the video for yourself.

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r0botdevil t1_ixjwsfv wrote

This just reminded me that Phillip Brailsford is still alive, which completely ruined my day.

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yellekc t1_ixjz6ci wrote

I don't care if he is alive or not. What is terrible is that he is a free man getting a pension. He should be behind bars.

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JGyllenhaals t1_ixk2q3b wrote

Could be bouncing in a hamster ball on a trampoline at max velocity...

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[deleted] t1_ixjw42y wrote

I remember seeing this body cam footage, shit like this is why I’ll never trust or rely on police for my own safety, $8 million still doesn’t bring the man back.

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joan_wilder t1_ixk22bj wrote

>The failure and injustice of Daniel Shaver’s killing and the resulting sham criminal trial, which made a mockery of the notion of Justice predictably ended in no conviction and to this day casts an ugly shadow over this settlement.

That’s $8M that the citizens of Mesa could have invested in police training, housing the homeless, paying cops more so they can attract higher quality candidates, feeding poor children… anything else.

Cops should pay for their own mistakes, not the communities that are already being harmed by their mistakes. Cops need to be required to carry malpractice insurance, just like any other professionals that make decisions that can mean life or death for the public. And when their mistakes make it too expensive or too difficult to find insurance, they can go flip burgers or hang drywall or something.

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Toyake t1_ixp97fo wrote

Yeah but let’s be real, a deep red city like Mesa isn’t going to spend money on housing, homeless people, feeding children or literally anything positive.

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JeepNaked t1_ixjr41m wrote

Cops are the enemy of the people. And Mesa cops are the worst of the worst.

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mzpljc t1_ixjrtzz wrote

AZ cops in general are pretty shitty even for cops.

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Prcrstntr t1_ixk0jba wrote

Like Tucson cops executing a handicapped man (magdump from behind) in a wheelchair at a walmart

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[deleted] t1_ixjve5x wrote

The disgusting prick that murdered him should've been charged accordingly.

Instead he was able to leave his job with a pension and the full support of the city government.

Fuck him and fuck the city of Mesa.

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Good-Duck t1_ixmp117 wrote

How anyone can watch that video and think those cops were in the right, must have some brain damage. What they did was straight up evil.

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Equal_Artichoke_4391 t1_ixjsm7t wrote

The cop who did this is a murderer … hope he rots in hell. Thank God, the Internet has memory, and this will follow him around the rest of his life

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mp9875 t1_ixjuinu wrote

I saw the video of this man getting murdered. This x-cop, Phillip Brailsford, is a human scum and deserves to rot in prison.

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international862_ t1_ixk09pf wrote

Evil murderers Philip Brailsford and Charles Langley must be sent to prison. NOW. Life with NO CHANCE OF PAROLE. Drag that rat fucker Langley out of his “retirement” in the philippines and force him to ANSWER FOR HIS CRIMES.

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AtheismTooStronk t1_ixkdrc2 wrote

Just remember Phillip, who deserves worse than retirement, was not the one giving out the commands leading to the most morbid game of Simon Says ever.

His CO deserved to go down for this just as much as Brailsford did.

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TheMeanGirl t1_ixjs85d wrote

Good his family got some compensation, but the officers really need prison time.

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thehoot79 t1_ixkruk5 wrote

How this cop wasn’t convicted blows my mind. There’s no way you can watch that video and call that shooting justified. The guy’s face down on the floor and you continue yelling at him instead of just handcuffing him and getting it over with.

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metalslug123 t1_ixkxfnz wrote

Was the jury not allowed to watch the bodycam footage?

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Nicklebackfan_ t1_ixm5s9j wrote

I don’t believe they were. IIRC they weren’t allowed to see the video at all.

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Good-Duck t1_ixmpf4m wrote

No wonder they didn’t find him guilty. Ridiculous.

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meh4ever t1_ixlq82b wrote

A lot of evidence was dismissed from the case.

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whatisapillarman t1_ixjx3p7 wrote

Don’t watch the video. It’s awful.

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yellekc t1_ixjz0rw wrote

I think everyone should watch it. It's important to have those feelings and come to grips with the evil officers police departments hire and protect. Watching the video is so much more impactful than just hearing about it.

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Herpinator1992 t1_ixknbx7 wrote

Its seriously haunting. This sickening sense of dread when you realize just how evil your supposed “protectors” are.

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ApprehensivePirate36 t1_ixl1ymg wrote

I had only read about the story when it happened. I hadn't seen the video until tonight.. my god, it was the most disturbing thing I think I've ever seen!

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yellekc t1_ixl3x50 wrote

Yeah, it's a hard video to watch. But glad you did. We need to see this and have a conversation about how police are protected from their crimes.

The gunman's dad was a police sergeant. He had prior complaints of excessive force. He is a POS murderer and the department protected him.

After the trail they hired him for less than 2 months only to discharge him for "PTSD" and now are paying his pension due to disability. The officer was 26 when this happened and will get that money for life. No jail, no consequences, just $2500 a month.

I was blown away that it wasn't a bigger story nationally. I only found out on Reddit. Even the news of this settlement is only being covered locally.

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elukavics t1_ixjvzy1 wrote

I'm happy that at least his kids will have some financial stability.

This shit was murder.

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MontyPorygon t1_ixjw4ev wrote

Does that include the officer destroying his beloved custom AR15?

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rickshaw99 t1_ixjxme9 wrote

‘You’re Fucked’ IIRC the court objected to this being admitted in evidence or some such bullshit.

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DJSkullblaster t1_ixkpc3a wrote

Actually believe it or not the city returned the rifle to him and Brailsford goes out target shooting using the same gun he committed murder with

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Jicaar t1_ixk59gm wrote

The fact he wasn't found guilty of murder blows my mind. Fuck him

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Bob_the_peasant t1_ixkk0g3 wrote

Between the shady shit that goes on at Boeing in Mesa and the Mesa PD, I don’t know why anyone would want to live anywhere in that city

I hope Philip chokes on his pension

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Past_Entrepreneur658 t1_ixko9jo wrote

All lawsuits won from cops committing crimes should be paid from police pension funds. Maybe the cops would stop behaving badly. Blatantly committing crimes others would spend years behind bars for committing.

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Bulbul3131 t1_ixl3cgm wrote

They should be required to have malpractice insurance. If they have to pay, the insurance premiums will increase until they can’t be insured so they can’t be a cop.

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Fucknutssss t1_ixjtxaz wrote

Crazy that the cop still lives in Mesa

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jkells1986 t1_ixjx045 wrote

8 million for what happened does not seem like enough.

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edeolivita t1_ixjymuo wrote

God for his family.

Let's hope Philip Brailsford go to jail for murder someday.

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Mycos_kinda_cyco t1_ixkpq8s wrote

Fucking cops should owe me 8 million dollars just for having watched the video of them murdering that man.

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isekai-cheeese t1_ixkz1p1 wrote

its up to the streets now for philip, the murder.

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Adventurous_Aerie_79 t1_ixl31nz wrote

Shooter and city of mesa police leadership should all be in prison for the way they conducted this "investigation" so maliciously and illegally. And Shavers killer deserves death for murder.

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danccbc t1_ixjtys1 wrote

Congratulations taxpayers

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Balgat1968 t1_ixlacxg wrote

Where is the NRA? This is an open carry state. He is in his room. Where in the 2nd Amendment does it say you can’t point a gun out a window? He didn’t even discharge the weapon. What part of Shall not be infringed” don’t you understand ?

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JGyllenhaals t1_ixk2xjs wrote

If this were a truly just society.

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TMDSB t1_ixl1h94 wrote

One of the most disturbing videos I ever watched. Shocked this wasn’t a bigger national story and I pretty much only knew about it through reddit.

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personalkreep t1_ixjuekl wrote

It sucks that the city pays for this and by extension the taxpayers, but good for his family.

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CrockTop t1_ixkpddg wrote

Horrifying and this keeps happening all the time... Hope the family gets some peace.

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oss1215 t1_ixldjbb wrote

Okay not american here so i wanted to ask. Do people who get these settelments have the IRS come after their settlement ? Cause idk feels like it would be a dick move from the IRS to do in that situation

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johndoe30x1 t1_ixn8lof wrote

Settlements and damages awarded by courts (excluding punitive damages) and generally tax-exempt in the U.S.

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Good-Duck t1_ixmonzu wrote

That video was so disturbing. Fuck those cops. I hope they never get a moment of peace and have a lifetime of horrible luck.

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creimanlllVlll t1_ixn63sy wrote

Another city pays for police killings. If these fines came out of their pension funds. This kind of crime would never happen again.

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Visitor363738 t1_ixmhzj6 wrote

Can anyone tell me what Daniel shaver was wanted for? Or why the police were there?

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Visitor363738 t1_ixmjjwe wrote

Ah I actually checked this article now, the others that I found first didn't mention why the police was called...

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fall3nmartyr t1_ixmn9g7 wrote

Now all they do is have to find the A-Team

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CaptainDifferent8562 t1_ixn30zx wrote

It was a horrible and unbelievable thing to see on local TV. The victim was on his knees begging them not to shoot him. He was executed, period. How some people were able to justify this is awful.

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grinch1225 t1_ixpcmwl wrote

This was easily one of the most heinous police executions I’ve ever seen on body camera

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shortyXI t1_ixmruu0 wrote

They deserved more and these juries full of ‘law and order’ fans who ignorantly see the police as unwavering “good guys” have obv gotta be avoided but that’s a serious challenge in any conservative state.

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SnooMemesjellies7469 t1_iy7tf9g wrote

This is the case that made me vow never to trust the police.

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