LA man awarded $375K after LAPD officer found guilty of wounding him at George Floyd protest

Deon Jones, 31, alleged in his lawsuit filed three years ago that he was leaving the area when Los Angeles police officer Peter Bueno, wearing riot gear, fired a rubber bullet at him. Jones was at a late May protest near Third Street and Fairfax...

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anteatertrashbin
anteatertrashbin
63 · 14 days ago · Reddit

I am so happy to fund these police forces with my job. I work at my job and every month while I am supplying money to their budgets, on top of these payouts when they fuck up.

EatTheBeat
EatTheBeat
47 · 14 days ago · Reddit

Thanks for being a continued waste of tax payer money LAPD.

SkullLeader
SkullLeader
22 · 14 days ago · Reddit

Every time something like this happens, the award needs to be deducted from the LAPD's pension fund. Until that happens, qualified immunity is ended, or the department is disbanded and rebuilt from the ground up, this kind of garbage will continue and those of us lucky enough not to be the direct victims will still be paying for it with our tax dollars.

Lowfuji
Lowfuji
10 · 14 days ago · Reddit

Short of an LAPD officer trying to assassinate the mayor or City Council members will there be enough outcry to actually punish the police.

usernombre_
usernombre_
6 · 14 days ago · Reddit

For a second, I thought this was the man that was shot in the junk at close range. Fuck Cops!

flaker111
flaker111
5 · 14 days ago · Reddit

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/​article/​salvadorhernandez/​lapd-homeless-man-wheelchair-shot-rubber-bullet

who wants to bet that guy got fuck all....