Judge Sides With Couple Carelessly Shot by Cops (to the tune of 4 million dollars)

[TalkingDog]

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/08/16/60365.htm

The Mendezes sued and U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald conducted a bench trial earlier this year. He issued a verdict in favor of the couple Tuesday, finding that the deputies' warrantless search of the shack was not reasonable.

Police failed to show any evidence that O'Dell was a resident of the property they raided, and thus they cannot justify the search as necessary to prevent O'Dell from escaping or harming the officers at the scene, according to the ruling.

"The shack had a single doorway," Fitzgerald wrote. "If O'Dell had been within the shack, he was trapped."

There was time for the deputies to get a warrant. A trapped O'Dell also posed little harm to officer safety, the court found.
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[Savannahmann]

1. Now, if only the police officers themselves had to pay the money

That would be a good start. It's a shame that the Judge couldn't order the cops to experience what the victims of police brutality endure every day.

[atreides1]

2. It would be great.

Because I really believe that cops do the stupid shit they do because they know that other then getting fired they're hardly held responsible for their actions!

[tblue37]

7. They almost never get fired. At most, they get a paid vacation--called a

"suspension."

[Comrade Grumpy]

3. More would-be killer cops. Fortunately, they couldn't shoot worth shit.

Fired 15 rounds from a few feet away...

[pitbullgirl1965]

4. So did they get fired yet?

Fucking pigs.

[mythology]

5. No they weren't fired

In fact, "The deputies involved are still working after going through an internal investigation that found they did nothing wrong."

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=9206843

This is why police shouldn't be allowed to review their own actions. It should be done by an outside entity.

[Logical]

6. So true, like a company deciding if fellow employee broke the law. It is a joke. n-t

[pnwmom]

8. The man suffered a leg amputation and the wife was pregnant at the time.

And they each suffered multiple injuries. Four million doesn't begin to make up for what they went through.