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In reply to the discussion: Tasered woman now brain dead [View all]tclambert
(11,085 posts)Budzyn and Nevers went to prison for killing Malice Green. I served on a jury where the plaintiff won a civil suit against two deputies who roughed him up unnecessarily. In Detroit, they occasionally complain about how much lawsuits against the police department costs the city. Internal Affairs does sometimes fire cops or send them to prison. Sometimes. Sometimes cops act like the guys in "The Shield" did and get away with it. That show was based on the illegal activities of real police in LA's Rampart division that came to light and resulted in suspensions and firings, but no felony convictions. And that's a miscarriage of justice, no question. But in New Orleans, the Danziger Bridge shootings following Hurricane Katrina resulted in 5 convictions of police officers.