Tournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 2 | Opponent: Fenwick SB | Judge: Isis Davis-Marks
Police lawsuits are a huge financial burden. Elison and Frosch 15:
Zusha Elinson and Dan Frosch. “Cost of Police-Misconduct Cases Soars in Big U.S. Cities.” Wall Street Journal. July 15, 2015. JY.
The cost of resolving police-misconduct cases
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some of these huge civil suits.”
And, municipalities pay, not police departments. Cohen 14:
Rachel Cohen. “City Coffers, Not Police Budgets, Hit Hard By the High Cost of Brutality.” The American Prospect. September 26, 2014. JY.
In 2013, Chicago paid out a stunning $84.6 million
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settlement costs do not act as a deterrence.”
Also, increased spending leads to budget strains. Cooper 11:
Michael Cooper. “More Gloom Lies Ahead for Cities, Report Says.” New York Times, September 27, 2011. JY.
Nearly a third of the nation’s cities are laying off workers this year.
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will continue to play out in cities through 2011, 2012 and beyond.”
Also, this leads to tax increases which disproportionately burden poor and black communities. Phillip 15:
Abby Phillip. “Why the poor often pay for police misconduct with their pocketbooks.” The Washington Post. June 2015
Floyd Dent, a black man from Inkster, Mich., was pulled over for a routine traffic stop in
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tort reform; some states have even capped judgments that can be paid out to victims.