Cops have no personal liability for unjustified attacks against innocent civilians. If they’re sued, taxpayers pay for their defense and any financial penalties. From Eric Peters at ericpetersautos.com:
In the military – in basic training – a recruit may find himself being berated by a drill sergeant for being untidy or some other triviality, because the point of the berating is to instill discipline and obedience to authority.
Citizens just walking down the street are not supposed to be subjected to Obedience Training – because they are citizens (rather than recruits) and civilian cops are not supposed to be be drill sergeants.
Some like to think of them as peace keepers. A quaint ideal never lived up to. What they are in fact is armed government workers. It is a fair way to describe what they are because it is an accurate way to describe what they are. They are armed – and they work for the government.
This idea that they are “public servants” who “work for us” is pathetically risible. If someone works for you, they are obliged to defer to you. Because you are their boss. Do you feel like a boss when you are “pulled over” by an armed government worker?
