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Old 03-13-2006, 10:36 AM   #4552
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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
If you beat a perp to death, why wouldn't murder charges suffice?

There's no real point to cutting off a finger. Why does that benefit anyone? If you allow for damages, including punitives for repeat offenses by a departmen, isn't that enough deterrence? Cops will end up on desk duty pretty quickly if they start exhausting the budget. Raises this year? Sorry, Billy's been busting down too many doors without warrants. Yeah, he'll be popular on the force.
The pain doesn't trickle down that way.
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