ExLisper @ ExLisper @linux.community

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People sue the city and not the cop because laws protect the cop and prevent them from facing the civil consequences directly.

Yes, the laws protect them from civic consequences but not criminal. If you would prove that the cop murdered someone he would go to jail, not just paid damages. But as I said it super difficult to prove that cop murdered someone because all the cop has to say is that he was afraid for his life and he's all good. He has the right to shoot the moment he thinks his life is in danger. To convict a cop you have to prove that he wasn't thinking that. How do you do it? He would have to directly say "BTW I know I'm not in any real danger" as he shoots the victim. There were many many cases where a cop shot someone running away, laying on the ground or even sleeping and was found innocent. All his lawyer has to say is that the cop thought that the victim was reaching for a gun. There was no gun at all? Doesn't matter, the cop thought that there was one.

And than there's the expert witness testimony thing where "experts" are paid by police union lawyers to testify, that the cop was actually in danger. Ever heard about the "fact" that a person with a knife is dangerous when he's closer than 7 meters (21 feet rule)? It was invented by one of those experts. It's total BS but it helps save cops from jail. They will testify that "yes, the victim was running away and had no gun but according to our studies the cop was justified in thinking, he was in danger". And that's it, he's free to go. Many many cases like that.

Just today I took a quick look at a Tesla stopped in front of me and saw 3 misaligned parts. In like 10 seconds. Quality is shit.

Except this is America. It's pretty much impossible to prove that the discharge was unnecessary, same as it's impossible to prove that cop killed someone unnecessarily. That's why people demand damages from the city, not the cop himself. You can argue that the police force was run incorrectly and demand money from the people that run it but the cop is always innocent. I know this is BS but this is how it works. That's why money should come from the retirement found. If the entire organization is responsible the entire organization should pay.

Except I don't think the officers are ever found liable, only the police departments.

Paying damages out of police retirement founds would be a simple, one step, foolproof solution to this problem. You don't want lower retirement? Stop breaking the law. Oh, you're one of the 5 good cops in the country and this would hurt you even though you did nothing wrong? Actually report the bad cops instead just watching. Thanks.

Yes, that's exactly what I'm doing.

Let's hope so.

The infuriating thing is not that Saudis are doing this. The infuriating part is that the west still treats then like allies and protects them.

Great, we have the "what about X" comment. Now we just need "China pollutes more than US" and "I can't buy an EV because I drive 10.000 miles a day" comment and we can close this thread.

Exactly what I meant, 'enjoy the episode'.

Maybe she's right here on Lemmy?

In 10 years: congratulations, you won. Here's 5% of the profits we made on this which after the lawyer's fees comes down to... $5 each. Enjoy.

Give it a try. Lua is easy and the api has good documentation. There's plenty of good widgets to use as examples. And if you have any questions just ask.

I've based my theme on sometimes I found but yes, I heavily adapted it. Theming is simple, awesome is flexible but not very pretty. It's more about usbility. Easily define rules for specific windows, powerful keybindings and so one. For example my config defects if I'm using external monitor or not and changes the widgets accordingly. It's just one if in the config. I don't think it's possible at all in gnome.

Oh my, yes. The benefit is that one you figure it out it's super easy to create widgets. I wrote from 0 or adapted my own widgets for apt, Spotify, notes, timer, weather alerts... Basic plugins (like system monitor, battery, volume) you can just find online but when you need something custom is real easy. For example I wanted something to alert me when my pihole is down. 30 minutes of scripting and it's in my tray.

https://awesomewm.org/

I tried arch once and Netflix and my printer didn't work. Doesn't it use some alternative c library or something?

Debian with awesome at home. Fedora with cinnamon at work.

I don't think is the same. I've used pressure cooker with induction plate and it's just not as easy and precise as instapot

Hey, it's already before 2030. Where's my vaccine?