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Originally Posted by Schroeder
As stupid as the cops move was and as much as I appreciate compensation for the nurse 500,000$ is completely excessive. That's tax money after all. Over here she would most likely have gotten 5,000$ if that much. Seriously half a million for being wrongfully arrested?  |
perhaps, but you're looking at it from the wrong end.
truth is, settlements save money leaps and bounds above and beyond their own funds.
the city would have spent anywhere from 5 to 10 times that amount defending the officer in a drawn out battle in court.
If anything, the half million dollar settlement potentially saved the tax payers several million dollars