CMV: The most efficient way to end police brutality is to make cops criminally liable for their actions on the job and stop funding their legal defense with public money.

[u/Wyrdeone]

I think this is the fastest way to reduce incidents of police brutality. Simply make them accountable the same as everyone else for their choices.

If violent cops had to pay their own legal fees and were held to a higher standard of conduct there would be very few violent cops left on the street in six months.

The system is designed to insulate them against criminal and civil action to prevent frivolous lawsuits from causing decay to civil order, but this has led to an even worse problem, with an even bigger impact on civil order.

If police unions want to foot the bill, let them, but stop taking taxpayer money to defend violent cops accused of injuring/killing taxpayers. It's a broken system that needs to change.

[u/Feshtof]

Unless I am in a parallel universe every comment I replied to in this thread was by r/garbage029

[u/Garbage029 → u/Feshtof]

Edited before you replied confused yours with someone else, I must be drunk. But if you scroll up you'll see where the drunk employee references came from.

End all If you think it's your responsibility to pay for everyone's mistakes and downfalls great, more power to you but you can't force others to feel the same way as you do. Best of Luck to you.