Paul Walsh at the Star Tribune is reporting the Minneapolis City Council agreed to settle three police misconduct lawsuits, one of them stemming from an officer’s actions during protests following George Floyd’s killing two years ago. The largest of these latest settlements was $500,000 for Jaime Bunkholt, a photographer from Atlanta, who alleged in her federal lawsuit that an unidentified Minneapolis police officer fired a rubber bullet from the roof of the besieged Third Precinct headquarters that hit her in the back of the head.
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The Associated Press, via WCCO, reporting from Sioux Falls that abortion providers in some places where the procedure could be banned if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade are bracing for a ruling by halting scheduling for the procedure, transitioning staff to help patients travel to other states and creating networks of clinics that will span across regions of the country.
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I’m in love, with that song…………………..
“Minneapolis City Council agreed to settle three police misconduct lawsuits”
Why aren’t officers on the hook for their actions? As I understand it, the city has nearly zero recourse to get tid of bad cops. Instead, the union backs them & ensures they stay on the force. So we, the people, pay the bills for misconduct, but have no leverage to change the misconduct. I think the police union should pay the fines – or stop protecting the bad cops.
Whenever they brutalize someone; they make amends by utilizing taxpayer funds which do not affect them at all.