Police Folk Allegedly Behaving Badly

[Blackadder1916]

Like this

But with a knife, and me quick drawing

At 0:43 the reporter's commentary:
"Plumb says he was on a grassy knoll . . ."

Does any sniper want to be associated with a grassy knoll?

 

[Cloud Cover]

Maybe shoot the knife out of the hand of a Racoon?

 

[daftandbarmy]

‘Ello, ‘Ello, ‘Ello…

Police officers jailed for attempting to frame two men

Connor Beggs and Kevin Montgomery deliberately botched an investigation into a domestic assault and framed two innocent men.

www.bbc.com

 

[Jarnhamar]

Maybe shoot the knife out of the hand of a Racoon?

Don't kid yourself these things are killers.

 

[dapaterson]

Don't kid yourself these things are killers.

Today I learned that CAF MPs are basically WWII German submariners.

HMCS Raccoon - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Cloud Cover]

Don't kid yourself these things are killers.

He’s just asking for some bread and peanut butter.

 

[Haggis]

Don't kid yourself these things are killers.

Maybe the MP capbadge should trade the Thunderbird for this cute little fella?

 

[Retired AF Guy]

Uvalde Police Chief found not guilty on all 29 counts.

Mhttps://www.cnn.com/2026/01/21/us/uvalde-school-police-officer-trial

There is also a multi billion dollar civil action going to trial against virtually every level of public authority involved, but I have little idea of what the specific theory of civil liabilities are.
Probably a breach of:
-Duty to protect
-Duty to safeguard

Negligence but of what, specifically in US law?
Perhaps some other form of actionable “feasance” through an error or omission but what specifically?

I wonder what are the specifics of “but for the errors, acts or omissions in the decisions” argument of the “defendants” the children would still be alive.

Should be an interesting and quite sad civil case and I hope it results in a detailed, reasoned judgement.

Reason Magazine has a rundown on the case:

Uvalde cop's acquittal shows why it's hard to criminalize failing to stop a mass shooting

A Texas jury’s acquittal illustrates the difficulty of using child endangerment laws to prosecute police in mass shootings.

reason.com