re: Jury awards $18 to innocent black man who was punched, tasered and arrested

Scum. I'm almost always for police but these police unions that keep guys like this employed are bs.

I'll never forget watching a cop screw up. Someone was possibly hurt. He calmly took of his gun and belt and went to go sit in his cruiser leaving his partner behind to deal with the situation. When questioned about his behavior, his response was "I've been informed by my union to immediay extradite myself from a situation as soon as something goes south and to call the union and let them handle things from there one out."

The supervisor, furious, "and you couldn't be bothered to call an ambulance. To help your partner!"

And the offixe responded "well, that'd be a conflict of interest according to my union."