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2y ago

Fort Wayne police sergeant fined $35.50 for fatally striking pedestrian in crosswalk

Fort Wayne police sergeant fined $35.50 for fatally striking pedestrian in crosswalk

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2y ago

Fort Wayne police sergeant fined $35.50 for fatally striking pedestrian in crosswalk

apnews.com /article/fort-wayne-officer-guilty-fatal-pedestrian-crash-b55bc9b42a4a3923e367573db432872a

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What the actual fuck? He has a history of crashing his police cruiser - why the fuck isn't he on desk duty? I hope the family sues for wrongful death. I wish they could make him pay, rather than the taxpayers, but god forbid a cop should face the consequences of their actions.
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  Vehicular manslaughter has a nicer ring to it
https://apnews.com/article/fort-wayne-police-officer-fatal-collision-pedestrian-330047c5be9d100dbbb09853a8c1db93
The person Sgt. Joshua Hartup killed was a lawyer. I wonder if the lawyer had pissed off the police previously.
- That suspicion occurred to me, too — was Henry Najdeski a tenacious criminal defense attorney? But nah, he worked in real estate.
Same place they shot out a kids eye when he was at a peaceful protest and they started tear-gassing everyone.
How does this happen?
In my mind, every cop who causes a death should permanently lose their job! I know that sounds extreme, and it is, but so is killing someone!
- The Fort Wayne PD has a storied history of being complete pieces of shit with no consequences.
- because american (and other) police forces are systematically corrupt
Wow. A life gone and the cost of that life was $40.
That's seems super cheap for a random murder even by USA standards ...
... tho it might actually be a record since he was actually fined (and not the country/taxpayers).
Does that mean it would only cost someone 35.50 to run a cop over? Everyone's equal before the law right?

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