Today's StarTribune Record settlement reached in brutality suit Howie Padilla, Rochelle Olson and David Chanen, Star Tribune June 24, 2004 SUIT0624 Minneapolis will pay nearly $1 million to a man who lost his colon and part of his small intestine after what he claims was a beating administered by police responding to a domestic dispute at his south Minneapolis home. http://www.startribune.com/stories/467/4844214.html
I'm going to ask again. Why, if the behavior of the police officers was so bad that the city is paying out a $995,000 settlement, are the 2 police officers involved still employed as police officers by the City of Minneapolis. And why wasn't an internal investigation opened? If the city is going to approve the settlement shouldn't the Council motion be to pay the settlement AND terminate the employment of the officers involved? Or am I to believe that the city threshold for paying settlements is so low that they will pay without any evidence? Either the settlement should not have been paid or the officers should be fired. Haven't we already paid out enough due to the behavior of rouge cops? The quote from Mayor RT Rybak is a real gem, "But it does not necessarily say anything about guilt,". So, we just payout the money? Can't the Mayor come up with a better comment than that? Terrell Brown Loring Park REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
