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Originally Posted by Schroeder
Has nothing to do with the personal compensation of Mrs Wubbels and is a different subject.
Indeed, she could also have been struck by a meteorite in the police car or been abducted by aliens...Get real. As far as I know people don't get compensated for things that could have gone wrong but for those that did go wrong. Every time you drive your car things could go wrong yet we don't charge you for them because they didn't go wrong.
So what damage was done to Mrs. Wubbels? She went through the shock of being wrongfully arrested, was wrestled down without serious injury and spend half an hour in a police car. That has to be compensated for sure but is that worth half a million? Hell no. 50,000 would already have been too much IMHO. 5,000$ would be a real number for that in my books.
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I'm not sure if you watched the video that I did. Something
did go wrong. Alex Wubbels was assaulted and the police engaged in reckless endangerment, false imprisonment, aggravated assault and official oppression and that's just for starters. These acts were committed by individuals being paid a generous salary to protect individuals from acts such as these.
You get real. we're not talking about meteorites falling out of the sky . Those are things that are beyond anyone's ability to control. We are talking about the felonious assault of a valued heath care worker, captured on video and being perpetrated by a sworn police officer. This is not the random acts you describe but rather premeditated acts by law enforcement officers who by definition, should know the law.
There is a difference. Ironically, the individual that the police wanted the blood sample from was a fellow officer from another jurisdiction.
Further, Alex could have sued for far more. Remember, the half a million dollars being paid to her is a settlement. The city realized it would have lost far more in court. It is also an admission that the police and the city violated the law.