In Georgia, the cops have the power to burn a toddler's face off and there will be no consequences. Because War on Drugs and if some baby is disfigured for life, that's just collateral damage.
Which is apparently why the county that the cops work for won't pay for the kid's medical bills. Those bills are expected to be over a million dollars.
Habersham County, Georgia is run by mean-spirited shitheels. They are a pack of weasels who are hiding behind their lawyer's opinion (who was probably told by the county what they wanted the opinion to be). Instead of doing the right thing, those inhuman motherfuckers will make the family sue the county, a process that will drag on for years, and stress the family even more.
Observational Skill: 10/10. Timing: -10/10.
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Yep. That's the norm. It'll be tried in a civil court, the LEA will make a settlement w/o admitting fault and that'll be it. It sucks but is what it is.
If I was a betting man, some quality attorney will step in for the family to keep the vultures away and do the case for a small percentage of the normal fee. There are good people out there, even lawyers (sorry Comrade, no personal insult intended).
If any of us did that to a baby, we'd be in jail for child abuse. But cops are Special(tm). Apparently they shit sparkly unicorn fairy dust and fart the sweetest of perfumes and have magic Get Out Of Jail Free cards. And the sad thing is, a majority of the US seems to be just fine with it, as long as cops are mostly doing it to Those people. You know, those people who didn't go to the same schools as us, who maybe have a different culture from us, who maybe are suspiciously dusky? You know, THOSE people?
SIGH.
While it seems evident that racism plays a big part in this, an equally big part is played by those who give, sell, or allow to be given or sold war toys to police departments.
You got a grenade, you're going to use a grenade. Give 'em a tank and they'll use the tank. Give 'em an A-bomb and they'll find a reason to nuke Atlanta.
Those clowns ought to be forced to turn in their weapons. Instead, each would be handed a pump-action water pistol and a supply of non-toxic, non-irritating pink ink to load his weapon with.
"Freeze! -or I'll give you a pink crotch!" will work just as well, or not as well, as stun guns, Glocks, grenades, tanks, and clubs, and might lead to much funnier videos of police civil rights violations than we have now.
Yours very crankily,
The New York Crank
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