alt Hacker News> Every settlement against the police should be taken from their pension fund.
So... collective punishment?
https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gciv-1949/art...
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5upplied_demand • yesterday at 7:37 PM
In the current environment, taxpayers are collectively punished.
int_19h • yesterday at 8:30 PM
If they don't like it, we could have individual punishment but they have to surrender qualified immunity. Deal?
eli_gottlieb • yesterday at 7:41 PM
Yes, collective punishment of the smaller collective who can self-police (cops, no pun intended) rather than the larger collective who can't (citizens and taxpayers at large).
Police aren't "protected persons"
> civilians who find themselves in the midst of an international armed conflict or military occupation and are in the hands of a foreign power