While I’m glad he was awarded the judgement, it’s wild that an undercover cop gets 23.5 million, while tons of civilians are also beaten by police and receive much lesser judgements, if they’re lucky enough to get anything at all…
What are you talking about? They receive plenty of pepper spray, rubber bullets, high pressure water, and sometimes even lead
Don’t forget the espionage (dont bring your phones to a protest) and tear gas
Didn’t you hear? NOT bringing your phone to a protest proves that you had malicious intent.
…Or, that’s the argument of the prosecution in the Stop Cop City RICO cases in Atlanta. (Which, BTW, is being prosecuted by the state, since the Atlanta DA refused to press the case.)
How much did St. Louis pay out to normal people who were beaten by cops at protests?
The money they waste on police lawsuits they could have ended homelessness, fed every child and buy me a 1985 IROC-Z. What a waste for losing your cool.
As always, ACAB.
The AP’s shitty coverage doesn’t even mention that the undercover cop who got severely beaten is black.
Cops beat a black undercover cop at a protest, because he was (a) black and (b) at a protest. Of course, cops routinely beat protesters, especially black protesters, but everyone who’s beaten doesn’t get a fat payout like this. Only cops, and only if they sue.
