re: Officer in Eric Garner case: I never used a choke hold

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Who is paying the settlement? Certainly not the cop or police union. It will be approved by political appointees and come from the tax payers in that area. No guilt should be perceived by the settlement as its just easier for the politican to admit guilt that doesn't affect him in a

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Come on. The police union should be the ones required to carry the liability insurance. That would stop a lot of this nonsense. The fact that it's not properly set up so the cops can push their lability on to people who have nothing to do with it isn't an argument against the culpability of the cops. It just shows us an inefficiency in the process.