r/ThatsInsane • u/HeartSanctuary • 2d ago
Jefferson County, Colorado will pay former inmate $500,000 after deputies slammed him face-first on concrete, breaking his jaw and causing brain injury
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u/Dra_goony 2d ago
That last statement that attorney made was so incredibly accurate as to why people don't trust and don't like cops, there's no accountability, there's no equal judgment under the law, cops can do whatever they want and the government just throws money at the problem till it goes away.
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u/inksaywhat 2d ago
That particular court building is specifically shaped to look like handcuffs from above. That’s where they spend their money.
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u/FamilyForce5ever 2d ago
...Have you seen it? Can you provide any source that agrees with you?
It looks like two back-to-back Cs with a circle in the middle. If I search google for "jefferson county courthouse colorado shape from above looks like handcuffs" there are only 12 results including your post, and yours is the only relevant one. No one else thinks this.
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u/-NotEnoughMinerals 1d ago
Yyyyeaaahh.
I mean, If any quarter circle object looks like handcuffs, then I guess so...but that dude is stretching it for sure.
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u/ariphron 2d ago
You say the government, but “we just paid 500k in a settlement and all the officers pay in taxes”
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u/Fazo1 2d ago
True, but instead of just settled for the money, those attorneys should push for more 🤷🏻♂️ just saying...
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u/polo61965 1d ago
I mean, yeah, he's trying his best to get justice for his client, but let's not be so naive to think that if the judge made the lawyer choose between the officers getting charges or the client getting a settlement that he'd be so righteous to pick the former. It's hypocritical of him to act like it's a travesty they gave a settlement when he was part of that negotiation.
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u/Dare-or-Dare 2d ago
Whose money are they using?
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u/CrimsonBolt33 1d ago
most likely comes out of a special fund set aside for "legal costs to the city"
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u/mndsm79 2d ago
What the actual fuck was he doing that determined he needed THAT?
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u/man_of_moose 2d ago
Well as you can see, he was doing nothing. So this was definitely justified.
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u/NotASellout 2d ago
cops tend to react violently when you tell them no
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u/not-my-other-alt 1d ago
Cops are trained to believe that if they are not in total control of the situation, they are in danger.
They are also trained to respond with overwhelming, and even lethal, force to any danger (real or percieved)
ergo: Talk back to a cop? lethal force justified.
Don't jump to obey every command? lethal force justified.
Filming when they don't want to be filmed? Standing up for your own rights? Behave in any way other than how the cop wants you to behave? Well, now he's not in control anymore, and he's allowed to use violence to fix that, no matter how many of your rights he violates.
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u/buzzardgut 2d ago
That man and his family should each be given baseball bats in a room with those three officers chained to chairs
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u/SpankyMcFlych 2d ago
And the tax payer gets to pay again while the cops get paid leave. This sort of thing will never stop because there are no consequences for the police, just the taxpayer who has to foot the bill.
Police misconduct payouts should come out of the police forces pension fund.
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u/bkgn 2d ago
There are consequences in Colorado. Colorado removed qualified immunity for police a few years ago and police can be held personally liable. Why the county is paying in this instance, I don't know.
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u/intense_in_tents 2d ago edited 1d ago
Because they got rid of qualified immunity which means that the family can go after the cop personally after this (in a civil court). But that opens up the victim and/or their family to a lifetime of harassment or worse from the gang member (aka cop) that they are going after. Much less risk for the victim this way.
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u/NotNufffCents 1d ago
But that opens up the victim and/or their family to a lifetime of harassment or worse from the gang member (aka cop) that they are going after.
So nothing has changed...
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u/Cashmoney-carson 2d ago
Guys he obviously deserved it. He’s clearly not walking forward when they tell him to. Plus there’s no audio, who knows what mean things he said to hurt their feelings. They needed the 3 of them to slam him head first into the ground because what other options were there? Use the power of three men to push him forward? Pick him up? Try to talk to him? Nah, piledrive was the clear door #1 here. No other options
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u/Millkstake 2d ago
It was clearly self-defense
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u/Cashmoney-carson 2d ago
Might have tried to pinch their legs with his hands cuffed behind him, gotta protect themselves at all times.
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u/darkrood 2d ago edited 1d ago
500k is not enough to pay for the long term treatment of brain injury
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u/ozzy_thedog 2d ago
How long would that even last in the US? Like a year or two?
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u/darkrood 2d ago edited 1d ago
Nope, that's just enough for a complete scan with one surgery and a follow up visit if you're lucky.
Total cost is impossible to price with continuous visit to the doctors, rehab facility, and other complication that shows up without warning months or years later.
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u/bt_Roads 2d ago
500k for brain damage? Wow Weeee!
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u/Zuckzerburg 1d ago
Not on the side of the deputies at all, but mild concussions are considered brain injuries. News stations want to make it sound more severe so they can fear monger people into watching the news so they can “stay alert” about the few bad things that happen. Not much of a theorist, but how else would news stations stay open unless they reported every major and minor case in sight?
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u/imironman2018 2d ago
“The use of force appears to have been due to inexperience not by malice.” They took the guys knees out from him so they could slam him face first into the concrete. Scumbag cops.
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u/The_Lucky_WoIf 2d ago
I've said it before but American police are complete and utter cowards, egregious violence against a restrained man is pathetic.
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u/doolieuber94 2d ago
We slammed his face into the ground due to “inexperience” not malice. Okay guys case closed it was just a misunderstanding. /s
If the police spokesperson is claiming inexperience then why is nothing being done to increase police training?
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u/will_this_1_work 2d ago
Son of a bitch tripped down the stairs. Darnedest thing I ever did see right in the middle of that hallway
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u/WorldNewsPoster 2d ago
And.. The. Officers are still getting paid, have no consequences, and are working with full benefits. Justice, right?
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u/Chingblinger 2d ago
How are cops not trained to diffuse a situation and trained to be nicer in the line of duty?
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u/ScarMedical 2d ago
This happed due to inexperienced and training via Sheriffs. Fuck no MF they er complete sociopathic assholes who shouldn’t be wearing a badge.
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u/DrColorado1963 2d ago
Dude... this guy was purposefully and violently mishandled. Ok... he's in custody and perhaps not a saint, but he's also in leg chains and hands cuffed behind his back, therefore, completely secure and unable to harm anyone -or- protect himself in case of a fall. The officers... as I understand it... are responsible for his safe handling under such conditions. Instead... he was jack-hammered like a penny nail face first into a concrete floor while totally helpless. I'm just a dumb country boy myself, but it seems to me this man is owed millions in compensation.
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u/CaliKindalife 2d ago
So, taxpayers who do not support these cops. They will never stop doing this until they are held responsible for their actions. End qualified immunity.
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u/chrisp909 2d ago
It's written in stone above the United States Supreme Court. "Equal justice under law."
You know, unless you're the POTUS, he's above the law.
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u/ElonsOrbitingTesla 2d ago
The fact that they said his medical bills will be covered with the settlement he got pissed me off. Like, he still has to pay the medical bills for the injuries they caused him out of his own pocket. Absolutely disgusting.
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u/Whoop_Rhettly 2d ago
Do you know how many jails don’t even have cameras at all? Sheriff’s deputies and corrections officers get away with bullshit all the time because of the fact there is ZERO accountability and ZERO proof. We as a society have let prisons simultaneously become normal and forgotten. We have a problem, and it isn’t crime.
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u/Old11B5G 2d ago
That’s my hometown (Lakewood) I’m sorry to say. Haven’t been there in years. Looks like things are pretty much like any other city with inexperienced police.
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u/WorldWarRon 2d ago
tax payers the tax payers will be paying for the criminal actions of the law enforcement officers here
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u/yesi1758 2d ago
We should start a new accountability movement if that includes multiple types of justice then that’s what should happen.
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u/radicalrockin 2d ago
Theres no deterrent for these Animals with badges, everyday horrific abuse. Everyday!
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u/mrblacklabel71 2d ago
I went to county once and saw something similar, but more violent. The seasoned pro next to me said it was a regular occurrence.
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u/austinpower1234 2d ago
They should transport these type of prisoners in wheelchairs like hospitals do. End of story
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u/Ill-Organization-719 2d ago
And then life sentences for these cops and everyone involved in the attempted cover up?
No. Surely good cops will revolt and be absolutely outraged?
No? Nothing?
Hey people who think good cops exist. Where the fuck are they?
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u/ThroawayReddit 2d ago
Fucking great, so glad my jeffco taxes are being used to pay for these assholes to get a slap on the wrist.
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u/Ill-Organization-719 2d ago
People who think good cops exist.
How can you justify this?
How can you justify cops not arresting these lunatics?
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u/BadKittyRanch 2d ago
They are responsible for the health and safety of those who are in their custody, especially when they are physically restrained and cannot fend for themselves. Bullies with the emotional development of a toddler, damn near every one of them.
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u/MeanSenpai 2d ago
The system is not built to protect the people. It's to protect the people in power. This show exactly this, let me and my buds slam a guys head into concrete WHILE handcuffed. I would be in jail immediately. They do it and get a good job and paid leave.
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u/meatmyjohnson 2d ago
I sure am getting alot of police brutality in my feeds here latley. Someone trying to incite riots here close to election season or something?
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u/BlurredSight 2d ago
I like how you can't resist arrest in handcuffs within a station, but they treat them the exact same as someone who is "resisting"
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u/The_Space_Janitor 2d ago
The hospital bill is like “That’ll be $1mil for having the preexisting condition of being arrested.”
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u/VegasGamer75 2d ago
The TAXPAYERS will pay that $500k, with is nothing for a life-altering injury. Meanwhile, these guys will get put on leave and shuffled somewhere else. The police these days are almost as bad as the Church when it comes to shuffling criminals to another area.
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u/Markorific 2d ago
Three Stooges!! Why are the incompetent police officers always older and out of shape? $500k really is too low. The dumbasses would have known they were being recorded.
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u/Last_Cauliflower1410 2d ago
You gotta he a huge p.o.s, to sweep a guy with his hands behind is back. The guy is already in cuffs
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u/wombolishous 2d ago
I really wish they led with "Jefferson county taxpayers. Agree to pay for this dude's screw up"
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u/MirageTamer 2d ago
The guy was already restrained and in shackles.
They felt the need to restrain him... to the cube?
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u/hypotheticalhalf 2d ago
"Inexperience and poor judgement rather than malice".
Get the fuck outta here. This shit is part of their fucking training.
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u/Front-Combination591 2d ago
😂 Jefferson County will pay…. Sorry friends Jefferson county tax payers will pay $500,000 for this.:. Mental health struggler turned more mental health struggling individual ? Who voted for this ?
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u/Sketchables 2d ago
"They put their lives on the line! There are a few bad apples just like with any other profession!" I've never heard cop lovers actually show any sort of compassion or support for accountability with stuff like this. The police-state mentality is truly fucked up
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u/Beatnik_Soiree 2d ago
That $500,000.00 should come out of the cops pension fund. Why should taxpayers pay when cops can't do their job without breaking the law?
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u/TimothyJim2 2d ago
the fact that Americans remain passive while these people get to run street and government tells you exactly where the hearts of Americans are at. this is normal to them. "unfortunate" they'll say, but nobody will end cop.city. white people don't care about police brutality.
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u/SillyPhillyDilly 2d ago
Here's what I don't understand. What the fuck was their endgame? He refuses to walk, so to make him walk, they sweep his shins from under him? Oh yeah grand fucking idea, take someone down to the ground to get them to move along.
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u/DLC_Whomdini 2d ago
Three trained officers against a man not fighting back in handcuffs. Definitely necessary use of force.
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u/scrotumseam 2d ago
Thats it? he needed a better lawyer. Where were all the shark colorado lawyers?
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u/the_gouged_eye 2d ago
Inexperience? They've never fallen down before? They don't know the ground is there? Would they fall that way? Would they let their kid fall that way? No. They knew the consequences of their action before they took it.
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u/cheknauss 1d ago
When are we going to replace cops with robots? Preferably with the racism and general assholishness modules left out.
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u/jake-event 1d ago
"We do not have proper funding to train these officers. Perhaps more money will help teach our staff common sense, human decency, and temper control."
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u/Pillow_Top_Lover 1d ago
That was a very good interview. And it is 100% correct. I’m living in a GCC nation. These people do not have a sense of accountability, justice or sense of responsibility. People here literally killed then pay the families money and then go back to work as if nothing happened.
United States do not have a real justice system. Police are not held accountable. The police are not responsible. The police do not have a real sense of justice unless one of their own is attacked. And then that’s just flat out revenge.
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u/CANYUXEL 1d ago
I'm surprised the recording wasn't deleted and they haven't magically found hard drugs at his house after this.
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u/galaxnordist 1d ago
Good think this money is taken from the offender's pension fund, not from tax money.
Right ?
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u/libertyman86 1d ago
They all should be fired and $500,000 isn't close to enough. Go after their pensions and retirement.
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u/StevenKatz3 1d ago
Jefferson county did not pay for this.... taxpayers paid for this.
If you are a private citizen and did this to someone at your job, you'd be sued personally.
If you're a cop and do those tax payers will pay for your sociopathic behavior.
Our system is so broken.
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u/Pleasant_Tooth_2488 1d ago
None of these fines will make any difference if it doesn't come out of the police's pay or pension fund.
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u/Zeratrem 2d ago
When I hear my friends complaining about how unjust is our system I just show them a few videos like this one. And they just shut up.
USA really is a third world country.
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u/UseOne4211 1d ago
It has been time , these people should be convicted for the crimes they commit while on duty.
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u/obadiah24 1d ago
Had this happen to me so we put the guy in a wheelchair got him where he’s supposed to go. No violence, no reports, we go home. Get the job done with at least amount of force necessary to accomplish the mission.
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u/Insanitykhan 1d ago
It should be the fucking deputies having to pay that out of their pension, not the county, im so sick of our tax money being used so cops can get paid leave and dodge responsibility for their crimes, especially when it’s this blatant
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u/Cleercutter 1d ago
I spent about 9 months in that jail before my prison sentence.
The deputies are ruthless. There’s always stories of guys being taken somewhere with no cameras, and beaten. Then thrown in the hole to never be seen by general population ever again.
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u/flinderdude 1d ago
There’s no way you would do that to a person if you regarded them as a human being. The only reason this person was slammed to the floor was because he is not respected as a human being, he’s lower than human and consider disposable by the police.
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u/Slumph 2d ago
A brain injury… that should be a few mil, enough to retire and live off the interest after what they’ve done to him.